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Ken Francis Butchers, School Lane, Plaxtol, Sevenoaks, TN15 0QD

25/00852/PAMinor planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 3 October 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed change of use and amalgamation from a shop (Class E) to form part of an existing residential dwelling (Class C3)

Received
15 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bourne
  1. Received15 May
  2. Validated8 Aug
  3. Consult.11 Sep
  4. Target3 Oct
  5. Decided3 Oct

Decided in 56 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Ken Francis Butchers, School Lane, Plaxtol, Sevenoaks, TN15 0QD. Tonbridge has handled 2,266 applications of this type. This one was decided in 141 days, 11 weeks longer than Tonbridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Plaxtol conservation area, with 7 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 0QD
Application type
Minor planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Plaxtol

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 August 2025
Consultation expiry
11 September 2025
Consultation end
11 September 2025
Target decision date
3 October 2025
Application expires
6 September 2025
Permission expires
2 October 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

First advertised
21 August 2025
Site notice start
20 August 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14019917
UPRN
200000959105
Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Plaxtol+1 more
  • Listed building: Grade II: Ragstone CottageOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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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    15 May

    Proposed change of use and amalgamation from a shop (Class E) to form part of an existing residential…

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  2. 2025
    15 May

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    This applicationApprovedFull25/00852/PA

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