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The Former Rectory, The Street, Plaxtol, Sevenoaks, TN15 0QF

25/00621/PAHouseholder planning permissionApproved
Householder

Approved on 29 May 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Free standing pergola to the rear of the property.

Received
3 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bourne
  1. Received3 Apr
  2. Validated3 Apr
  3. Consult.8 May
  4. Target29 May
  5. Decided29 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at THE FORMER RECTORY, THE STREET, PLAXTOL, SEVENOAKS, TN15 0QF. Tonbridge has handled 2,266 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days quicker than Tonbridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Plaxtol conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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 0QF
Application type
Householder planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Plaxtol

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 April 2025
Consultation expiry
8 May 2025
Consultation end
8 May 2025
Target decision date
29 May 2025
Application expires
8 May 2025
Permission expires
28 May 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-13918995
UPRN
100062103482
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

Planning history at this site

10 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    21 Feb

    T1 Large oak on rear lawn area - Crown Reduction - Reducing the height and spread of the tree by up to 4…

    ApprovedTree Notification Conservation Area25/00300/PA
  2. 2025
    21 Feb

    T1 Large oak on rear lawn area - Crown Reduction - Reducing the height and spread of the tree by up to 4…

    ApprovedTree Notification Conservation Area25/00300/TNCA
  3. 2024
    9 Dec

    Details of Condition 3 (windows and doors) pursuant to planning permission TM/21/03326/FL

    ApprovedReserved Details24/01956/PA
  4. 2024
    9 Dec

    Details of Condition 3 (windows and doors) pursuant to planning permission TM/21/03326/FL

    ApprovedReserved Details24/01956/RD
  5. 2024
    24 Jun

    T1 (Applicants ref) Yew - Dismantle to near ground level. Tree is damaging the front wall with visible cracks…

    ApprovedTree Notification Conservation Area24/01021/PA
  6. 2023
    30 Oct

    2 x Robinia and 1 x Maple - agent ref: T1, T2 and T3 (as circled on sketch plan). Fell to ground level for…

    ApprovedTree Notification Conservation Area23/03177

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