Apply for planning permission

What you need to submit

Important copyright notice: before you submit plans or documents, you must make sure you hold the copyright. We will display any submitted plans and documents in public.
Sensitive information: please tell us of any sensitive information within your documents that you do not wish to be made public. It may be possible to remove this information from public view.

You can apply for planning permission in the following ways:

Apply online

Apply via the Planning Portal (please note a charge may apply)

Apply using a paper form

Please download and print an application form from the Planning Portal. Complete the form, along with the required supporting information, as detailed in the relevant validation checklist(s) below. Copies of the forms are also available from us on request.

Send your completed form and supporting information by post or deliver by hand to: Development Management Service, Council Offices, Argyle Road, Sevenoaks TN13 1HG or by email to planning.validation@sevenoaks.gov.uk

Apply to carry out works to trees

Before you apply, please check the status of the tree to see if permission if required to carry out the works.

Apply to carry out works to trees.

Validation checklist(s)

Our validation checklists show the plans and documents you should include with your application. If you do not provide all the information, your application will be invalid.

You should not provide the checklists with your application.

Please note: the revised validation checklists will be effective from 4 November 2024. After this date the current checklists will be removed.

Download the current validation checklists

Download the revised validation checklists (effective from 4 November 2024)