Sevenoaks planning news

Council Sevenoaks Planning Portal: Direct Link, 21 Days to Object Search any Sevenoaks application by postcode or reference on Public Access, free and no account needed. You get 21 days to comment, and here is what counts. Updated 16 September 2026 · 41 min read

Housing 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. Updated 1 October 2026 · 9 min read Council Four towns oppose CIL cut, want levy kept up to 149 homes Sevenoaks, Swanley, Edenbridge and Westerham town councils have jointly objected to ending the levy on schemes of 10+ homes, citing developer cash left unspent. 30 September 2026 · 5 min read Kemsing Kemsing: nine more homes sought beside Childsbridge site A second bid, for up to nine homes on Green Belt farmland off Childsbridge Lane, was lodged 18 days after seven were approved next door. Comments close 9 Oct. 28 September 2026 · 4 min read Council Sevenoaks planning applications: 6am petrol station bid All 32 applications validated in Sevenoaks district to 25 September: a 6am start at the St John's Hill filling station, nine homes at Kemsing, a Knockholt unit. 28 September 2026 · 6 min read Halstead 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. 28 September 2026 · 5 min read Westerham Westerham padel courts: five-court bid, comments by 13 Oct Padel Up has applied for four covered courts and one open court, with floodlights, on King George's Field. Comments close 13 October, decision by 3 November. Updated 28 September 2026 · 5 min read Council Sevenoaks planning decisions: 3 refusals in 15 since May The committee refused 660 homes at Broke Hill on 24 September against officer advice, after refusing three of 15 cases since 21 May. Every decision, by meeting. Updated 28 September 2026 · 10 min read Westerham Westerham phone mast vote closes 3pm on 2 October Westerham residents and businesses can vote on a 20m phone mast at King George's Field until 3pm on 2 October. The district council has already cleared it. 25 September 2026 · 5 min read Council Broke Hill 660 homes decided Thursday: council month ahead Councillors decide the district's biggest housing scheme at 7pm on Thursday 24 September, plus every council meeting to late October and what each covers. 22 September 2026 · 5 min read Council Sevenoaks planning applications: barn home bid among 32 new All 32 applications validated in Sevenoaks district to 18 September: a Four Elms barn-to-home bid, a home at a Swanley nursery, Wagamama's delivery hatch. 21 September 2026 · 4 min read Council 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. Updated 20 September 2026 · 13 min read Environment Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve: Trust fights 1,500-home plan Kent Wildlife Trust says 1,500 homes would weaken the reserve's last link to open country. What the SSSI citation protects, and who rules on the objection. Updated 18 September 2026 · 6 min read Sevenoaks 1,500 homes north of Sevenoaks: what the brief promises A new primary with nursery, a bus corridor to Bat and Ball, a one-way Rye Lane and a floodplain park: what the council's brief promises on 1,500 homes. Updated 18 September 2026 · 11 min read Sevenoaks Brittains Lane 284 homes: now for the Local Plan inspector Comments on the 284 homes off Brittains Lane closed on 17 September. What sites ST4-4 and ST4-5 allocate, and why the inspector now has the final word. Updated 18 September 2026 · 6 min read Housing 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. Updated 18 September 2026 · 4 min read Otford 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. 17 September 2026 · 5 min read Halstead 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. 16 September 2026 · 9 min read1 comment1 Council Childsbridge Lane, Kemsing: 7 Green Belt homes granted Permission in principle for up to seven homes on Green Belt land behind Childsbridge House, Kemsing, was granted on 4 September, with no conditions attached. Updated 14 September 2026 · 12 min read Halstead Fort Halstead: Barratt asks to ease monument consent step Barratt's BDW Trading wants one Fort Halstead building freed from a Scheduled Monument Consent step before demolition. The council decides by 6 October. 11 September 2026 · 4 min read Housing 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. 9 September 2026 · 10 min read South Darenth South Darenth Traveller site: two-pitch plan on Horton Road Two mobile homes, two touring caravans and a dayroom are proposed on Green Belt land by the River Darent. What the application argues, and how to comment. 7 September 2026 · 4 min read Heritage Sevenoaks School boarding house: listed consent granted Listed consent for 18 en-suite bedrooms and lifts across six High Street houses was granted on 10 August, over the conservation officer and Town Council. 16 August 2026 · 8 min read Council Sevenoaks planning applications: 43 lodged to 7 August 43 applications hit the Sevenoaks register in the week to 7 August, led by a Green Belt traveller site at Horton Kirby. Comments on it close 27 August. 9 August 2026 · 7 min read Otford Otford by-election: green belt slate sweeps all three seats All three Otford Parish Council seats went to Save Otford's Green Belt candidates on 23 July, on a 31.6% turnout, as the village fights a 203-home allocation. 7 August 2026 · 5 min read