Shields Cottages, 3, The Street, Plaxtol, Sevenoaks, TN15 0QW
Approved on 18 June 2025
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Erection of an outbuilding
- Received
- 27 March 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Bourne
- ReceivedReceived27 Mar
- ValidatedValidated27 Mar
- Consult.Consultation8 May
- TargetTarget Date22 May
- DecidedDecided18 Jun
Decided in 83 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at SHIELDS COTTAGES, 3, THE STREET, PLAXTOL, SEVENOAKS, TN15 0QW. Tonbridge has handled 2,266 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 3 weeks longer than Tonbridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Plaxtol conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 186 applications across Bourne. We hold 2,787 applications in total for the TN15 postcode area.
93% of full 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 0QW
- Application type
- Householder planning permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Plaxtol
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 27 March 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 8 May 2025
- Consultation end
- 8 May 2025
- Target decision date
- 22 May 2025
- Application expires
- 30 April 2025
- Permission expires
- 17 June 2028
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- First advertised
- 17 April 2025
- Site notice start
- 9 April 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13898397
- UPRN
- 100062103501
- Documents
- 9
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Plaxtol
- 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, 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.
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Associated applications
- 202527 Mar
Erection of an outbuilding
ApprovedHouseholderPart of25/00571/HH - 202527 Mar
Erection of an outbuilding
This applicationApprovedFull25/00571/PA - 202527 Mar
Listed Building Application: Erection of an outbuilding
ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside25/00572/LB - 202527 Mar
Listed Building Application: Erection of an outbuilding
ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside25/00572/PA
Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202421 Aug
Listed Building Application: Installation of EV charger to front elevation
ApprovedListed building consent24/01334/PA - 202030 Sep
Listed Building Application: Single storey rear extension to 3 Shields Cottage and High Hope
ApprovedListed building consent20/02179/LB - 202030 Sep
Single storey rear extension to 3 Shields Cottage and High Hope
ApprovedPlanning Permission20/02178/FL - 202028 Jul
Single storey rear extension to 3 Shields Cottages and High Hope, and a loft conversion to 3 Shields Cottages
WithdrawnPlanning Permission20/01622/FL - 202015 Jul
Listed Building Application: Single storey rear extension to 3 Shields Cottages and High Hope, and a loft…
WithdrawnListed building consent20/01492/LB
Source: Tonbridge
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- 3 Shields Cottages And High Hope The Street Plaxtol Sevenoaks20/02179/LB · HeritageApproved0.0 mi
- 3 Shields Cottages And High Hope The Street Plaxtol Sevenoaks20/02178/FL · FullApproved0.0 mi
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