How to contact the Planning Team

Telephone the planning team

Call the Council on 01732 227000 selecting option 3 for Planning and Building Control followed by one of the options below:

Option 1: To make contact with the Planner or Building Control surveyor already dealing with your application or to speak to the Validation team.
Option 2: To request forms, planning history, or to check constraints on your property including tree preservation orders and enquiries.
Option 3: To ask about the status of an existing planning application including receipt of objections or letters of support.
Option 4: To speak to the duty planner for general advice or to find out if you require planning permission.
Option 5: For other planning enquiries.

Planning Officers and the Duty Planner are available on the telephone from 8.45am to 5.00pm Monday to Thursday and to 4.45pm on Fridays. The duty planning officer will be able to assist with general planning queries.

E-mail the planning team

For general queries e-mail planning.comments@sevenoaks.gov.uk
For advice on whether planning permission may be required or for pre-application advice please email planning.preapplication.advice@sevenoaks.gov.uk
For queries regarding submitting an application or an application that is yet to be validated e-mail planning.validation@sevenoaks.gov.uk
For appeals queries e-mail appeals@sevenoaks.gov.uk
For planning enforcement queries e-mail planning.enforcement@sevenoaks.gov.uk
For planning history queries e-mail planning.information@sevenoaks.gov.uk
For Local Development Framework and strategic planning queries email ldf@sevenoaks.gov.uk

Fax the planning team
You can fax us on 01732-451332

View the Planning Officer Map ( PDF File 185KB file details) here.

Planning offices
The Council runs a planning reception service in Sevenoaks and a planning surgery in Edenbridge on set days (usually alternate Thursdays). Visit the Planning Offices page for further details on this service.

Write or visit the Council
Click on the following link to view the contact details of the Council's Sevenoaks office (including address and opening times).

Contact a Councillor
You can also contact your local councillor for informal planning advice. Their details can be found on the Council's Committee Information Website.

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

01732 227000