Hartley-Kent

About the road

Green Way is an attractive collection of semi-detached bungalows and gardens in the centre of Hartley, mostly built in 1955-7. Like Springcroft and Old Downs, it was built in the flurry of development in mid-1950s Hartley. The exception are numbers 2 and 4 which were built later in 1966 by Vanguard Construction Limited.

Green Way is built on the land of just one house - Clifton, Ash Road. Once part of Middle Farm, which by the beginning of the 20th century had been absorbed into Fairby Farm. Smallowners Limited acquired most of Hartley in 1912 and set about breaking up the farms into smallholdings. Clifton was plot 167 and comprised of 3¼ acres. It was sold much later than most of the other holdings, in 1928 to Percy William Dennis, the son of the owner of Elm Villa, further up Ash Road (now demolished and replaced with Villefranche). He paid £418 15s 0d.

In 1949 Mr W O'Riordan obtained temporary planning permission to have a greyhound track in the back garden of Mr Dennis's house. He advertised in the Limerick Leader (1.1.49) for Greyhounds who could run 460-700 yards. But already the council were looking to allow development, because that was the reason they wouldn't give permament planning permission. Mr Dennis first applied for building in 1953. His original plans were somewhat modest - then he wanted to build an estate road and 3 pairs of bungalows, but the council refused it because of the poor sight lines caused by the high holly hedge on the north side of the junction and the curve of Ash Road. At 300 feet, they felt the road junction was too close to that of Stack Lane. So Mr Dennis went back to the drawing board and came up with a plan acceptable to the council the following year, although the parish council had complained it was "contrary to the character of the village". The bungalows were completed in 1955 and one of them was sold for £2,250.

Statistics about the road

Information about the houses

Explanation:

Date of Construction is sometimes approximate.
(1) Planning Permissions include the reference number, so more details can be seen at Sevenoaks Council. My records are not complete and do not include refused or withdrawn applications.
(2) Before Council Tax the tax on residential property was called the rates. The registers for 1956, 1963 and 1972 are held at Sevenoaks Council. The rateable value given is the gross estimated rental value of the property, that is how much the Valuation Office thought people would pay to rent it, the rates were actually calculated on a lower value after certain statutory allowances were made. For some reason the 1956 register contains the rateable value for the properties as it would have been in 1939.
(3) Council tax is based on what the Valuation Office thought the property would have sold for in 1993. It is divided into 8 value bands.
(4) House price data 1995 to date produced by Land Registry © Crown copyright 2016. To report an error, go to Change a sales record form.

I have tried to make sure the information is accurate, but no responsibility can be taken for any errors. If you plan to rely on the information, you should check the source data to be sure. If you spot an error, please let me know via the contact form.

1 Green Way
Built: 1955

(1) Planning Permission: 2009/1461 (Land adjacent) Reconductor existing low voltage overhead lines with aerial bundled conductor
(2) Rateable Value (1956): £33
(2) Rateable Value (1963): £84
(2) Rateable Value (1972): £262
(3) Council Tax (1993): Band E (£88-120K)

3 Green Way
Built: 1955

(1) Planning Permission: 2007/1410 3 x front dormers
(1) Planning Permission: 2010/1594 Extend permission 07/1410
(2) Rateable Value (1956): £33
(2) Rateable Value (1963): £84
(2) Rateable Value (1972): £223
(3) Council Tax (1993): Band E (£88-120K)

5 Green Way
Built: 1955

(2) Rateable Value (1956): £33
(2) Rateable Value (1963): £84
(2) Rateable Value (1972): £223
(3) Council Tax (1993): Band E (£88-120K)
(4) Sale (9 Jul 1999): £118,000
(4) Sale (19 Nov 2010): £325,000

7 Green Way
Built: 1955

(1) Planning Permission:
(1) Planning Permission: 1967/273 Formation of 2 room in roof space and dormer windows
(1) Planning Permission: 2000/628 Single storey rear extension
(2) Rateable Value (1956): £33
(2) Rateable Value (1963): £84
(2) Rateable Value (1972): £297
(3) Council Tax (1993): Band E (£88-120K)
(4) Sale (11 Dec 2003): £267,000

9 Green Way
Built: 1955

(2) Rateable Value (1956): £33
(2) Rateable Value (1963): £84
(2) Rateable Value (1972): £226
(3) Council Tax (1993): Band E (£88-120K)

11 Green Way
Built: 1955

(2) Rateable Value (1956): £33
(2) Rateable Value (1963): £84
(2) Rateable Value (1972): £242
(3) Council Tax (1993): Band E (£88-120K)

13 Green Way
Built: 1955

(1) Planning Permission:
(1) Planning Permission:
(1) Planning Permission: 1990/657 Dormer windows
(2) Rateable Value (1956): £33
(2) Rateable Value (1963): £84
(2) Rateable Value (1972): £223
(3) Council Tax (1993): Band E (£88-120K)
(4) Sale (15 Sep 1955): £2,250
(4) Sale (5 Sep 2003): £260,000
(4) Sale (2 Dec 2005): £280,000

15 Green Way
Built: 1955

(1) Planning Permission:
(1) Planning Permission: 1971/335 Study and bedroom in roof space
(2) Rateable Value (1956): £33
(2) Rateable Value (1963): £84
(2) Rateable Value (1972): £264
(3) Council Tax (1993): Band E (£88-120K)

17 Green Way
Built: 1957

(1) Planning Permission: 2007/471 Single storey rear extension
(2) Rateable Value (1963): £84
(2) Rateable Value (1972): £297
(3) Council Tax (1993): Band E (£88-120K)
(4) Sale (21 Aug 2000): £170,000

19 Green Way
Built: 1957

(1) Planning Permission:
(1) Planning Permission: 2010/69 Convert loft with dormer at rear, velux windows at front. Convert garage to living space
(2) Rateable Value (1963): £84
(2) Rateable Value (1972): £223
(3) Council Tax (1993): Band E (£88-120K)
(4) Sale (4 Jan 2010): £230,000

21 Green Way
Built: 1956

(2) Rateable Value (1956): £33
(2) Rateable Value (1963): £84
(2) Rateable Value (1972): £223
(3) Council Tax (1993): Band E (£88-120K)

23 Green Way
Built: 1956

(2) Rateable Value (1956): £33
(2) Rateable Value (1963): £84
(2) Rateable Value (1972): £223
(3) Council Tax (1993): Band E (£88-120K)
(4) Sale (26 Jul 1999): £141,000

Clifton Green Way
Built: 1924

(1) Planning Permission: 1924/Meeting 1924-09-10 Cement and rough cast bungalow
(1) Planning Permission: 1949/363 Use of land as training ground for greyhounds (until 31.12.50 (later extended to 31.12.51), permanent permission not granted because it would "sterilise the land for development in the future")
(1) Planning Permission: 1957/166 Caravan (until 30.6.58 )
(1) Planning Permission: 1964/396.1 Details of new bathroom
(1) Planning Permission: 1976/450 Side and rear extension
(1) Planning Permission: 2015/1828 Provision of new roof incorporating 3 bedrooms and bathroom, with 2 dormers to the front and 1 dormer to the rear.
(2) Rateable Value (1956): £40
(2) Rateable Value (1963): £180
(2) Rateable Value (1972): £304
(3) Council Tax (1993): Band F (£120-160K)
(4) Sale (20 Jan 1928): £419
(4) Sale (12 Jun 2015): £395,000

2 Green Way
Built: 1966

(2) Rateable Value (1963): £84
(2) Rateable Value (1972): £217
(3) Council Tax (1993): Band E (£88-120K)
(4) Sale (20 Sep 2002): £100,000

4 Green Way
Built: 1966

(2) Rateable Value (1963): £84
(2) Rateable Value (1972): £217
(3) Council Tax (1993): Band E (£88-120K)
(4) Sale (19 Jun 2006): £249,000

6 Green Way
Built: 1955

(1) Planning Permission: 2010/535 Roof extension to facilitate single storey side extension and rooms in roof space with front and rear dormers. Erection of front porch.
(2) Rateable Value (1956): £33
(2) Rateable Value (1963): £84
(2) Rateable Value (1972): £237
(3) Council Tax (1993): Band E (£88-120K)

8 Green Way
Built: 1957

(2) Rateable Value (1956): £33
(2) Rateable Value (1963): £84
(2) Rateable Value (1972): £232
(3) Council Tax (1993): Band E (£88-120K)

10 Green Way
Built: 1956

(1) Planning Permission:
(1) Planning Permission: 1994/1864 Rooms in roof space
(2) Rateable Value (1956): £33
(2) Rateable Value (1963): £84
(2) Rateable Value (1972): £223
(3) Council Tax (1993): Band E (£88-120K)
(4) Sale (21 Nov 2003): £269,995
(4) Sale (9 Dec 2010): £285,000

12 Green Way
Built: 1956

(1) Planning Permission: 2012/2685 Demolition of existing sun room to facilitate the erection of single storey side extension
(2) Rateable Value (1956): £33
(2) Rateable Value (1963): £84
(2) Rateable Value (1972): £223
(3) Council Tax (1993): Band E (£88-120K)

14 Green Way
Built: 1955

(2) Rateable Value (1956): £33
(2) Rateable Value (1963): £84
(2) Rateable Value (1972): £226
(3) Council Tax (1993): Band E (£88-120K)
(4) Sale (4 Sep 1964): £4,500
(4) Sale (4 Aug 1971): £7,300

16 Green Way
Built: 1956

(2) Rateable Value (1956): £33
(2) Rateable Value (1963): £84
(2) Rateable Value (1972): £226
(3) Council Tax (1993): Band E (£88-120K)