- Places covered
- Sevenoaks
- Tonbridge
- Tunbridge Wells
- East Grinstead
- Maidstone
- Planning authorities
- Sevenoaks District Council, Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council, Tunbridge Wells Borough Council, Mid Sussex District Council, Maidstone Borough Council
Period houses and protected landscapes
Tunbridge Wells has Regency and Victorian villas and terraces, many of them listed or in conservation areas. Sevenoaks and Tonbridge combine town-centre terraces with larger houses on generous plots. East Grinstead and Maidstone add older town centres and later suburbs. Beyond the towns lie the Kent Downs and the High Weald, both protected landscapes.
What needs a party wall notice in Sevenoaks
- Work to shared walls in older terraces and cottages, including chimney stacks, beams and openings. See Section 3 notices.
- Loft conversions in the Victorian terraces and semis. See loft conversions.
- Extensions and basements in the larger houses, where foundations may go below a neighbour’s. See rear and side extensions and basements and underpinning.
- Boundary walls built, raised or rebuilt in brick or stone. See fences and garden walls.
- Listed buildings, where listed building consent runs alongside the Act and usually has to come first.
Why the schedule of condition matters here
Older houses move and settle, and old walls show it. A detailed schedule of condition, with photographs, is what lets owners and surveyors tell old movement from new. It is often the most valuable document in the file.
Several councils
This patch spans Sevenoaks District Council, Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council, Tunbridge Wells Borough Council, Maidstone Borough Council and, across the border, Mid Sussex District Council for East Grinstead. Planning, conservation and listed building rules come from them. The notices under the Act do not change.
Party wall surveyor fees in Sevenoaks
A notice is £70, a schedule of condition is £350 and an award starts at £600, with no VAT and a written quotation. Call 0800 999 1947.
Party wall services in Sevenoaks
- Party wall notice in Sevenoaks£70 fixed. We search the Land Registry, prepare the notice and follow it up.
- Schedule of condition in Sevenoaks£350 fixed. A photographed record of the neighbouring property before work starts.
- Party wall award in SevenoaksFrom £600. We act as agreed surveyor for both owners.
- All our fixed feesNo VAT, and a written quotation before you commit.
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Sevenoaks, Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells questions
My house is in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Does that change anything?
It affects planning, which can be stricter. It does not change the notices under the Act or their timetable. The two processes run side by side.
My timber-framed cottage shares a wall with the next one. Does the Act apply?
It can. A wall that separates two buildings owned by different people is a party wall, whatever it is made of. With old, timber-framed or mixed construction, a thorough schedule of condition matters even more, because movement and cracking are often long-standing.
Do you cover as far as Maidstone and East Grinstead?
Yes. East Grinstead is in West Sussex and Maidstone in Kent. The Act is the same across England and Wales.