From the https://www.kentlive.news By Katie Boyden, 3 October 2017.

Sevenoaks is set to lose the iconic Riverhead Harvester.

The owners are planning a shake up.

The Harvester on Amherst Hill in Sevenoaks is set to be closed and rebranded as a steak restaurant.

It's been an established focal point for food and celebrations for decades but the Riverhead Harvester is set to close.

Its Owner Mitchells and Butlers has submitted plans to take the London Road restaurant "upmarket" by reopening it as a Miller and Carter Steakhouse.

In a planning application to Sevenoaks District Council, the company outlines extensive refurbishment of the landmark building - once The Riverhead Public House - including the installation of a large bull statue.

This illuminated "iconic piece of art work", the company says, would add "an interesting feature on the street frontage".

The plans say that the refurbishment will "change the nature of the business to a more upmarket premium restaurant".

Bosses also want to build an external cold room and replace old timber posts and concrete bollards with new fencing.

There are more than 80 Miller and Carter Steakhouses across the UK, the closest in Pickhurst Lane Bromley.

Although the chain claims to be "obsessed" with steaks it also serves salads, seafood and world cuisine.

Mitchells and Butlers has been contacted for comment.