Consultation Responses

Edenbridge Town Council considers consultations that may be published by the Government, Kent County Council, Sevenoaks District Council, and other authorities. Some consultations may be responded to individually. Representations made by the Council are published on this page. 

Consultation response to the proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework and other changes to the planning system (click here)

The Government’s proposed approach to revising the NPPF also seeks views on a series of wider national planning policy reforms. Click to view Edenbridge Town Council’s response (September 2024).

Local Transport Plan 5 – Striking the Balance Consultation (click here)

This new Local Transport Plan (LTP) ‘Striking the Balance’, will replace our fourth plan ‘Delivering Growth without Gridlock(External link)‘. It sets out a clear plan for transport in Kent which is ambitious but achievable in its aims to improve all types of journeys. Click to view Edenbridge Town Council’s response (September 2024).

Public consultation – ProVision pre consultation (June) re Land South of Four Elms Road, Edenbridge. Town Council response (click here).

Sevenoaks District Local Plan 

Sevenoaks District Council’s Local Plan 2040 is an important document that sets out what can be built and where over the next 15 years. Edenbridge Town Council is a consultee and as such, responded to Sevenoaks District Council’s Regulation 18 (Phase 2) consultation on its new draft of the Plan, which ran from 27 November 2023 to 11 January 2024. You can view the Council’s responses to each policy section in the table below.

All representations are made to Sevenoaks District Council who will consider all comments before confirming its draft plan, which will then be further consulted on under Regulation 19. This is expected to be mid 2024. The Plan will then go before the Planning Inspectorate at a public Hearing.

1_ST1 -A Balanced Strategy for Growth 9_ST2 MX11- Land east of Mead Road 17_W1 – Flood Risk
2_ST2 MX7 – War Memorial Hospital 10_GT1 & MX11 – Provision for Gypsy and Traveller 18_W2 – Sustainable Drainage
3_ST2 MX8 78-80-80-82 -2 Leathermarket 11_H3 – Housing in Rural Areas 19_IN1 – Infrastructure Delivery
4_ST2 MX9 – Farmstead Drive 12_H4 – Housing for Older People 20_ED1 – Education
5_ST2 HO15 – Ashcombe Drive & Meadow Lane 13_H7 – Housing Density and Intensification 21_SL1 – Sports and Leisure
6_ST2HO17 – Land West Croach House Road 14_EMP2-Delivering new employment land – MX10 Breezehurst 22_UD1 – Utilities and Digital Infrastructure
7_ST2 HO17 – Land North Skinners Lane 15_EMP3 – Retaining and optimising employment land 23_T1 & T2 Sustainable Movement Network
8_ST2 MX10 – Land at Breezehurst Farm 16_EDN1 – Edenbridge Town Centre  

Sevenoaks District Local Plan – Draft Plan, phase 1 Regulation 18 (January 2022) consultation response – view Edenbridge Town Council’s response

Gatwick Northern Runway

In Summer 2022, Gatwick ran a six-week consultation on updated road designs for its Northern Runway plans and to seek views on its updated plans for car parks, hotels, offices, the airfield, water management, carbon and noise (closing date 27 July 2022). View Edenbridge Town Council’s response to the Gatwick Northern Runway consultation  

Planning for the future

View Edenbridge Town Council’s response to the Government Consultation on proposals for reform of the planning system in England (closing date 29 October 2020).