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Barn Rear Of 1 2 3 And 4 Betenson Cottages School Lane Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0QD

25/02008/FLPlanning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 25 March 2026

Delegated (officer decision)7 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Convert, extend and maintain the existing Old Wash House structure to create a 1 x bed habitable accommodation

Received
2 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bourne
  1. Received2 Dec
  2. Validated10 Dec
  3. Consult.4 Mar
  4. Target4 Feb
  5. Decided25 Mar

Decided in 105 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Barn Rear Of 1 2 3 And 4 Betenson Cottages School Lane Plaxtol Sevenoaks Kent TN15 0QD. Tonbridge has handled 2,266 applications of this type. This one was decided in 113 days, 7 weeks longer than Tonbridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Plaxtol conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 186 applications across Bourne. 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 0QD
Application type
Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Plaxtol

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 December 2025
Consultation expiry
4 March 2026
Consultation start
11 February 2026
Consultation end
4 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
15 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
7 January 2026
Last date for comments
4 March 2026
Target decision date
4 February 2026
Permission expires
25 March 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
18 December 2025
Advertisement expiry
8 January 2026
Site notice start
13 January 2026
Site notice end
3 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14459411
Documents
16
Constraints
58

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 Malling
  • 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

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.

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