Planning permission has been approved to develop a new £40 million residential led development on Sevenoaks High Street in Kent.

DLA Architecture secured full planning consent on behalf of its client Freshwater.

Chandlers Place is the proposed redevelopment of a former Tesco store to deliver new homes in the centre of the historic town. The regeneration project will also provide new complementary retail to the high street as well as high quality public realm connecting the town centre to the Cultural Quarter.


Council officers approved the plans commenting that the proposal was a well-designed building which was sustainable and would bring much needed affordable housing into the town centre.

The development aims to transform the current 1-acre derelict site into an integrated public realm environment providing 104 new apartments and three retail units with an underground car park, 122 cycle bays and a broad pedestrian walkway.

Charles Jabre, Project Leader for DLA Architecture said: "We are pleased to secure planning consent on behalf of Freshwater which is a long-term client. Our design approach has been contextual, drawing upon the historical architecture of Sevenoaks to create a contemporary, narrative led design response with high quality homes.

"Chandler's Place is designed to open up the site for the local neighbourhood through the inclusion of a high-quality new public realm along the High Street and a dedicated public pedestrian route linking to the Kaleidoscope Arts centre as part of the town’s cultural quarter."