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Autumn 2025 Newsletter

LOCAL PLAN RESPONSE  : Pedham Place & Wasps Stadium (December 10 2025)


Crockenhill Parish Council has objected in the strongest possible terms to the building of a new settlement and a massive rugby stadium in the National Landscape.


The council has today submitted its formal response to the Sevenoaks District Local Plan's controversial proposal to create more than 2579 new homes on the edge of the village at Pedham Place and a 28,000-seater Wasps rugby stadium in the village.


More than 80 people attended a public meeting in the village at the start of the Local Plan's seven-week consultation period. The council has joined up with the neighbouring villages of Farnigham and Eynsford to commission Tibbalds Planning and Urban Design to evaluate the proposals against national planning guidance.


Their assessment of the Pedham allocation concludes that it can not be classified as a feasible standalone settlement. Thus the site is not suitable for the proposed development. The council has used the report as the basis for its own 4000-word response, which was submitted today. You can read the full submission below.


The council's response concludes that "the site is disconnected from surrounding towns and villages, the land still meets the purposes of the Green Belt and it has not been evidenced what the exceptional circumstances are to allow major development in a high value area of National Landscape. Other sites are available within the district that are not in the Green Belt or the National Landscape."


A second 4000-word submission has been submitted to voice the community's opposition to the proposed Wasps 28,000-seater stadium which the Local Plan is also proposing on farmland in the village.


Local residents are being reminded that they still have time to submit their own opposition to both proposals. The deadline is Thursday 11 December. Crockenhill Parish Council has provided an Easy Guide to making a response. It is available from their website here:

https://www.crockenhillpc.org.uk/sdcs-local-plan-2




CPC response to Pedham Place CPC response to Wasps stadium