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The Former Rectory The Street Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0QF

21/00905/LDELawful Development Cert Existing NEWApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 26 May 2021

Council decision: CertifiesDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate Existing: use of land as domestic garden

Received
26 March 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Borough Green And Long Mill
  1. Received26 Mar
  2. Validated31 Mar
  3. Consult.6 May
  4. Target26 May
  5. Decided26 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at The Former Rectory The Street Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0QF. Tonbridge has handled 285 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days. The site is in the Plaxtol conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 2,786 applications in total for the TN15 postcode area.

93% of amendment applications at Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TN15 0QF
Application type
Lawful Development Cert Existing NEW
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Plaxtol
District
Team 2

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 March 2021
Consultation expiry
6 May 2021
Neighbour consultation start
13 April 2021
Neighbour consultation end
6 May 2021
Last date for comments
6 May 2021
Target decision date
26 May 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr T Bax The Workshop Rose Cottage Farm North Street Biddenden Ashford TN27 8BA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09674377
UPRN
100062103482
Documents
15
Constraints
50

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Plaxtol
  • Green belt: Tonbridge and MallingPart of the site
  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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

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© 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.

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