Sevenoaks housing and property
Sevenoaks housing news, newest first: sold prices, the Local Plan sites, schemes granted and refused, and the housing register, all from official data.
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Sevenoaks council this week: bins, parking, housing list
Half the new bin lorries due by 12 October, stricter housing register rules, CCTV upgrade dates and a parking choice: every council meeting from 1 to 8 October.
House prices
Data
Average rent in Sevenoaks: £1,809 a month, up 5.0%
The average private rent in Sevenoaks reached £1,809 a month in August 2026, up 5.0% in a year and dearer than 10 London boroughs. What each size costs.
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Sevenoaks house prices: £538,714 average, up 1.0%
The average Sevenoaks home sold for £538,714 in July 2026, up 1.0% in a year. Prices by town and village, from Shoreham at £930,000 to Swanley at £400,000.
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Sevenoaks house prices: £538,714 average, up 1.0%
The average Sevenoaks home sold for £538,714 in July 2026, up 1.0% in a year. Prices by town and village, from Shoreham at £930,000 to Swanley at £400,000.
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Planning
Sevenoaks planning: 2,175 Local Plan comments are in
2,175 Local Plan comments go to an inspector in 2027. Broke Hill's 660 homes were refused on 24 September; the next planning committee sits on 15 October.
Planning
Broke Hill refusal: developer asks for government call-in
Quinn Estates wants the Secretary of State to call in its 660-home Broke Hill scheme after councillors refused it against officer advice. What it says, and why.
Planning
Sevenoaks CIL plan: 8 of 16 object, all of them residents
The levy consultation closed on 17 September and 24 responses are public: every objection came from a resident, while TfL and the NHS backed it.
Planning
Local Plan consultation opens on 23 July: how to have your say on 17,460 homes
The Regulation 19 consultation on 17,460 homes ran from 23 July to 17 September. The routes it used, what counted as a comment, and where the responses are now.
Planning
Otford demands 1,500-home site cut from Sevenoaks Local Plan
Otford Parish Council's formal objection calls two allocations unsound and asks for their removal, after 93% of 613 surveyed residents opposed both sites.
Data
Sevenoaks house prices July 2026: down £7,387 to £538,714
The district average fell 1.4% in July to £538,714 and annual growth slowed to 1.0%. Flats are now cheaper than a year ago, while detached homes hold above £1m.
Planning
Broke Hill golf course: 660 homes refused, officers overruled
Councillors refused 660 homes on the former Broke Hill golf course on 24 September, against officer advice. The Green Belt grounds and what happens next.
Planning
Sevenoaks Local Plan: 2,175 Responses, Now to the Inspector
Sevenoaks Local Plan comments closed on 17 September with 2,175 responses published. You can read them all online. The inspector examines the plan in 2027.
Data
Sevenoaks house prices June 2026: down £6,025 to £543,081
The district average slipped 1.1% in June to £543,081, and May's record was revised down £4,646. Sevenoaks is still Kent's dearest area by £97,948.
Data
Sevenoaks house prices up £20,952 in a year to £553,752
The district average hit £553,752 in May, up 3.9% in a year while Tunbridge Wells, Bromley and Dartford stood still. Land Registry figures by property type.
Council
Sevenoaks disabled facilities grants: 55-day target agreed
Sevenoaks councillors agreed to hold disabled facilities grants to the 55 and 130-day national targets, but the proposed MND fast track was amended out.
Planning
Cabinet approves final Local Plan consultation: how to have your say from 23 July
Cabinet sent the revised Local Plan out for its final consultation on 17,460 homes, the eight weeks that closed on 17 September. What members were told.
Council
Work starts on 60 homes at the old White Oak Leisure Centre site in Swanley
Work has begun on 60 homes at the old White Oak Leisure Centre site in Swanley. The Skillcrown scheme helps repay the £22m leisure centre that opened in 2022.
Council
Sevenoaks council to consult on new homelessness strategy as housing register reaches 1,142
Sevenoaks' housing register now holds 1,142 households. The council consults on a new five-year homelessness strategy from 13 July to 21 August 2026.
Council
Spitals Cross Edenbridge: £10.3m rebuild, 23 new homes
Edenbridge's Spitals Cross estate is in the final phase of a £10.3m rebuild: 23 affordable homes, a replacement community hall and shop, all due this autumn.
Planning
Sevenoaks Local Plan: 17,460 homes, 810 at Broke Hill
The revised Sevenoaks Local Plan raises the housing target to 17,460 homes and adds Broke Hill golf course, Brittains Lane and 160 London Road as new sites.