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The White House High Street Farningham Kent DA4 0DH

26/01789/HOUSEAwaiting decision
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Removal of existing plain tiles and dilapidated leadwork. Intra-rafter quilt insulation fitted, overlay breathable membrane. Retile on tanalised battens - selecting appropriate tiles for re-use within inner (concealed) roof slope and new matching plain clay tiles to outer 4-sided perimeter hipped roof. New code 5 lead sheet fitted to outer box gutter including expansion. Leadwork replaced to bay roofs to front elevation, hips and ridge with correct welded sections and dressing to existing chimney stacks. Inner roof fitted with lead as above with overflow channels/spouts through tiled zone. Perimeter parapet dressed in Code 5 lead. New access frame and door to provide access, with upstands lid dressed in Code 5 lead. Lead treated with patination oil upon completion.

Submitted
11 August 2026
  1. Received11 Aug
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

About this application

This is a planning application at The White House High Street Farningham Kent DA4 0DH. Sevenoaks has handled 6,755 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 11 August 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. We hold 770 applications in total for the DA4 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
DA4 0DH

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Farningham
  • Listed building: Grade II: Old Bakehouse and CartshedOn or next to this site
  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    11 Aug

    Removal of existing plain tiles and dilapidated leadwork. Intra-rafter quilt insulation fitted, overlay…

    This applicationPendingApplication26/01789/HOUSE
  2. 2026
    11 Aug

    Removal of existing plain tiles and dilapidated leadwork. Intra-rafter quilt insulation fitted, overlay…

    PendingApplicationFiled alongside26/01790/LBCALT

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The site is in flood zone 2 (Environment Agency).

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