Environment

Sevenoaks District Council offers a variety of services related to our surroundings and the environment in general. Please follow one of the links below for detailed information on the service that you require.

Animal welfare
- Local vets
- Dog Control Service
Building control
- Submitting an application
- Building Control Fees
- Site Inspections
- Building Control Enforcement
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Reporting Dangerous Structures
- Disability Discrimination
- Party Wall Act
- Links & Useful Information
- Contact Building Control
Energy conservation
Food safety
- Food production and quality
- Training courses
- Starting a food business
- Registering a new food business
- Avian flu
- Report a food complaint
- Scores on the Doors
  - Frequently asked questions
High Hedges
Invasive plants
Parks and open spaces
- Allotments
- Sevenoaks Environmental Park
Pests, nuisance and noise
- How the Council can help you
- Pest control
- Bonfires
- Fireworks
- Noise nuisance
- Nuisance complaints
- Light Nuisance
- Biosolids
- Brands Hatch Noise Management Plan
Planning
- Contact Planning
- Latest planning news
- Planning Services Online
  - Online Planning Applications
- Design and Conservation
  - Conservation Areas
  - Listed Buildings
  - Article 4
  - Village Design Statements
  - Shop Fronts
  - Landscape Character Assessment
- Development Control Committee
- Pre application enquiries
  - The benefits of pre-application discussions
  - General advice
  - Information we need from you
  - How we deal with your enquiry
  - Scale of charges
  - Pre-application advice terms and conditions
  - How to submit your pre-application
- Planning Enforcement
- Do I need planning permission?
  - Permitted Development
- How your applications are decided
- Trees and Hedgerows
  - Benefits of trees
  - Tree Preservation Orders (TPOs)
  - Frequently asked questions about trees
  - Tree pruning
  - Removal of ivy
  - Activities that may damage or destroy trees
  - Works to trees
- Links & Other Useful Information
- Major developments and proposals
  - Blighs, Sevenoaks
  - New Ash Green Centre
    - Community Consultation
    - News Bulletins
  - Swanley town centre
  - West Kent Cold Store site, Dunton Green
  - Horton Kirby Paper Mill
- Mobile Phone & Telecommunications
- Planning Appeals
- Planning Application Forms & Fees
  - Ordnance Survey Location Map
- Planning Offices
- Plans & Policies
  - Local Development Framework
- Plots of land in the Green Belt
- Report a planning breach online
- Submitting a Planning Application
- Types of Planning Application
- Weekly Planning Application List
- Planning documents
- Planning history
Pollution
- Asbestos
- Air quality
  - Local Air Quality Management
  - Air Quality Monitoring
- Contaminated land
- Radon
- Smoke Control Areas
- Smoky Vehicles
Public toilets
Rubbish, waste and recycling
- Refuse and recycling collection service
- Refuse, recycling and garden waste collection times
- Bank holiday refuse collection arrangements
- Saturday refuse collection times
- Assisted refuse collection
- Clinical waste
- Trade or business waste collections
- Slim Your Bin
- Recycling in Sevenoaks District
- Recycling services
- Kerbside recycling for households
- Kerbside collection of recyclable white goods
- Home composting
- Garden Waste Collection Service
- Sevenoaks District Council's recycling sites
- 'The Tip' - Kent County Council Household Waste Recycling Centres
- Real nappies
- Fly tipping
- Kent Waste Forum
- Contact Refuse and Recycling Services
- Cesspool & Septic Tank Emptying
Sandbags and road salt
Sevenoaks District Rural Forum
Street care and cleaning
- Abandoned vehicles
- Street cleaning
Sewers and drains - responsible parties
Sustainable development
- What is Sustainable Development?
- The Council's approach to sustainability
- Initiatives in Sevenoaks District
- What you can do to help
- Commonwork at Bore Place, Edenbridge
- The Council's Environmental Statement
Water efficiency
- Water saving tips
- Water companies
- Current water restrictions
Weather
Unwanted Vehicles
Environmental Health Top Tips
Environmental Health Annual Report

Sevenoaks District Council,
Council Offices,
Argyle Road,
Sevenoaks,
Kent
TN13 1HG

01732 227000