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Black Horse Inn Tumblefield Road Stansted Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7PR

25/01596/FLPlanning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 25 March 2026

Council decision: RefusePlanning committee

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

Proposal

Proposed Change of use of part of public house to form 2 x 1-bed and 2 x 2-bed apartments with associated parking, amenity space and use of existing access.

Received
26 September 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Pilgrims With Ightham
  1. Received26 Sep
  2. Validated26 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target21 Nov
  5. Decided25 Mar

Decided in 180 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Black Horse Inn Tumblefield Road Stansted Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7PR. Tonbridge has handled 2,266 applications of this type. This one was decided in 180 days, 17 weeks longer than Tonbridge's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 165 applications across Pilgrims With Ightham. We hold 2,786 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 7PR
Application type
Planning Permission
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Stansted

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 September 2025
Target decision date
21 November 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14325500
Documents
304
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Green belt: Tonbridge and Malling
  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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, National Landscapes, 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

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    21 Apr

    Permission in Principle for up to 3 dwellings

    RefusedApplication26/00695/PIP

Source: Tonbridge

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