https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/Local news, what's on and the information you need for Sevenoaks and its villages.en-GBFri, 21 Aug 2026 20:24:36 +0000https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/sevenoaks-gcse-results-2026/https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/sevenoaks-gcse-results-2026/Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsTrinity logged 42 grades at 9 and Sevenoaks School put 47 per cent of all entries there. Every figure five schools published, and the rows that judge them.https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/sevenoaks-hosepipe-ban-drought-river-darent/https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/sevenoaks-hosepipe-ban-drought-river-darent/Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsKent is in drought and the Darent is near its record low. Which hosepipe ban covers your street, what it bans, what is exempt and the £1,000 fine.https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/great-comp-garden-anna-clement-exhibition/https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/great-comp-garden-anna-clement-exhibition/Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsAnna Clement's paintings of the garden go on show in the manor house Garden Room, 29 to 31 August. Free to view; garden entry is £10.50 until 1 September.https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/number-eight-sevenoaks-guest-chef-kevin-gratton/https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/number-eight-sevenoaks-guest-chef-kevin-gratton/Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsKevin Gratton of the Café Royal Grill cooks at Number Eight on Wednesday 23 September. It is £85 a head for four courses, Atul Kochhar on 18 November.https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/jetms-waypoint-biggin-hill-liquidators-appointed/https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/jetms-waypoint-biggin-hill-liquidators-appointed/Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsJETMS Completions and Waypoint Aerotec were wound up at a Teams meeting on 5 August, and joint liquidators are now in charge of both Biggin Hill firms.https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/sevenoaks-house-prices-june-2026/https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/sevenoaks-house-prices-june-2026/Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsThe 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.https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/sevenoaks-claimant-count-july-2026/https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/sevenoaks-claimant-count-july-2026/Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsJuly's count reached 1,665, the highest since January 2022. Claims from 18 to 24 year olds are up by a third in a year, while the 25 to 49 group has fallen.https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/halstead-nursery-ofsted-strong-standard/https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/halstead-nursery-ofsted-strong-standard/Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsOfsted grades the 40-place Halstead village nursery strong standard in every one of its six areas, with safeguarding met. It is the setting's first inspection since it re-registered in 2024.https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/sevenoaks-christmas-light-design-competition/https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/sevenoaks-christmas-light-design-competition/Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsSevenoaks Town Council will turn one child's drawing into a working Christmas light outside the House in the Basement youth cafe. Entries close on 17 September and it is open to under-12s.https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/sevenoaks-school-girls-boarding-house-listed-consent/https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/sevenoaks-school-girls-boarding-house-listed-consent/Sun, 16 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsConsent for 18 en-suite bedrooms, lifts and links through six listed High Street houses was granted on 10 August, over the council's own conservation officer and the Town Council. The full application is still undecided.https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/sevenoaks-1500-homes-otford-road-development-brief/https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/sevenoaks-1500-homes-otford-road-development-brief/Sun, 16 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsA new two-form primary school with nursery, a bigger Dunton Green Primary, a bus link between the stations, a one-way Rye Lane and a floodplain park: the brief for the district's biggest site. Comment by 17 September.https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/brittains-lane-homes-walk-local-plan/https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/brittains-lane-homes-walk-local-plan/Sat, 15 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsThree residents' associations are walking the fields off Brittains Lane on Sunday 23 August, where the draft Local Plan earmarks 284 homes on two grey belt sites. Comments close 17 September.https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/all4u-fostering-knockholt-ofsted-good/https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/all4u-fostering-knockholt-ofsted-good/Sat, 15 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsOfsted judges the Knockholt-based agency, which places 57 children with 47 fostering households, Good in all three areas, down from Outstanding in 2023, with two requirements and five recommendations.https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/whats-on-sevenoaks-this-month/https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/whats-on-sevenoaks-this-month/Sat, 15 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnStreet Food Fest at the Vine Gardens on 29 August, the last two free bandstand concerts, the Gruffalo trail at Knole, and free Knole entry on 15 September.https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/the-view-school-edenbridge-ofsted/https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/the-view-school-edenbridge-ofsted/Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsOfsted puts behaviour, inclusion and personal development above the expected standard at the Edenbridge special school, and safeguarding met. It also found 27 pupils on roll against a registered 26.https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/westerham-padel-courts-king-georges-field/https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/westerham-padel-courts-king-georges-field/Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsWesterham Town Council says operator Padel Up will fully fund padel courts and a half basketball court on the town's playing field, at no cost to the taxpayer. No planning application has been lodged yet.https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/sevenoaks-a-level-results-2026/https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/sevenoaks-a-level-results-2026/Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsTrinity reports its best ever A levels and Walthamstow Hall 50.7 per cent at A*/A. Every figure Sevenoaks schools published, and how the South East compares.https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/oaks-day-nursery-swanley-ofsted/https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/oaks-day-nursery-swanley-ofsted/Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsOfsted puts achievement and inclusion above the expected standard at the 39-place Swanley nursery, safeguarding met. What the June inspection found.https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/sevenoaks-house-prices-rise-may-2026/https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/sevenoaks-house-prices-rise-may-2026/Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsThe 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.https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/west-kingsdown-bus-car-show-2026/https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/west-kingsdown-bus-car-show-2026/Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnGo Bus marks 40 years of Roundabout on Sunday with a free bus and car show at Gamecock Meadow, free vintage bus rides from Swanley, and a bouncy castle.https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/chipstead-lane-yellow-lines-consultation/https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/chipstead-lane-yellow-lines-consultation/Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsKCC wants no waiting Monday to Saturday, 8am to noon, on three stretches of Chipstead Lane's north side, partly so bin lorries can get through. Responses close at noon on 31 August.https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/m25-lorry-fire-clacket-lane-closure/https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/m25-lorry-fire-clacket-lane-closure/Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsA lorry fire shut the M25 anticlockwise between junctions 5 and 6 from 5.15pm on Monday, with six miles of queues near Clacket Lane services. No one was hurt.https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/jetms-completions-biggin-hill-liquidation/https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/jetms-completions-biggin-hill-liquidation/Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsJETMS Completions and Waypoint Aerotec, both at Biggin Hill, called creditors' meetings for 5 August. Accounts show 49 staff and £2.4m of net liabilities.https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/sevenoaks-bin-collections-6am-heatwave-august-2026/https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/sevenoaks-bin-collections-6am-heatwave-august-2026/Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsSevenoaks crews start at 6am from Monday 10 to Friday 14 August: put bins out the night before, because there is no return visit if yours is missed.https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/sevenoaks-planning-applications-august-2026/https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/sevenoaks-planning-applications-august-2026/Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000News43 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.https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/otford-by-election-green-belt-sweep/https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/otford-by-election-green-belt-sweep/Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsAll 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.https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/kings-arms-westerham-licence-hearing/https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/kings-arms-westerham-licence-hearing/Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsGreene King wants the Kings Arms open to 1.30am at weekends with a revived basement bar. Six neighbours objected, and a licensing panel heard it on 28 July.https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/ming-foods-swanley-administration-july-insolvency-notices/https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/ming-foods-swanley-administration-july-insolvency-notices/Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsMing Foods, the Chinese pastry maker at Upper Hockenden Farm, went into administration on 24 June, one of seven local firms in July's insolvency notices.https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/sevenoaks-food-hygiene-ratings-july-2026/https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/sevenoaks-food-hygiene-ratings-july-2026/Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsEvery food hygiene inspection published for the Sevenoaks district in July scored 5, the top rating. Across the register, 673 of 852 premises hold a 5.https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/fleur-de-lis-leigh-premises-licence-application/https://sevenoaksonline.co.uk/fleur-de-lis-leigh-premises-licence-application/Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsThe Sevenoaks licensing register logs a premises licence application for the Fleur De Lis on Leigh High Street, received on 27 July, ref 26/03334/LAPRE.