Planning drawings · Kent
Planning drawings in Kent, £895 fixed
One published fee in Dartford and Sevenoaks, with each council's householder approval rate from the government's own planning statistics.
Householder application fee, paid to your council at submission.
Plus the Planning Portal's own charge if the application goes through the Portal: up to £149 including VAT, depending on the application type, and some types have none (source).
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Fixed Fee Plans draws and submits planning applications in Dartford and Sevenoaks for £895, survey to submission. Each council below has its own page with its validation requirements, Article 4 directions and timescales, each sourced to the council.
What is different about planning in Kent?
We cover two Kent councils, Sevenoaks and Dartford, and they differ. Most of Sevenoaks is protected land: the council's housing delivery test action plan puts the district at 93% Green Belt, with 60% in the Kent Downs and High Weald National Landscapes (council action plan, 2025). Its householder checklist asks Green Belt applicants for plans of the whole house, and its Residential Extensions SPD has separate sections for the Green Belt, the AONB and conservation areas. The district has 41 conservation areas (council list). Dartford has used an updated local list of validation requirements since 1 July 2026, which asks for street scene drawings where heights differ notably from the neighbours and for levels with sections on sloping ground (council). Our Kent pages are Dartford and Sevenoaks. Other Kent councils have their own rules and are not covered yet. We cover more councils over time and add each one only when its local facts are sourced to the council itself, with no dates promised.
Costs, heritage and protected land in Kent
Sevenoaks charges the Community Infrastructure Levy (base rates set in 2014), and an extension of 100 square metres or more can be liable; exemptions exist, so ask the council before you budget for it (council guidance). Dartford charges £186 for householder pre-application advice by letter and £372 with a meeting, including VAT (2026-27 charges), and its Article 4 directions on houses in multiple occupation apply north of the A2 now and south of it from 10 December 2026 (Dartford charges, Dartford HMO rules). Dartford also appears in the national planning data register with five older directions from 1976 to 1984, three of which the register records as removing householder extension rights; we have not read the directions themselves (national register).
Kent councils we cover
Householder decisions from MHCLG live table PS2, district planning application statistics, 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026. “Granted” and “decisions” include larger home extension prior approvals; “within 8 weeks” excludes them. Below 50 decisions we show the count without a percentage.
- Dartford Borough Council76.4% 281 of 368 granted
- Sevenoaks District Council90.3% 579 of 641 granted
- London, all boroughs85.8% 20,556 of 23,967 granted
Includes larger home extension prior approvals. Source: MHCLG live table PS2, district planning application statistics, 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026.
We publish two Kent councils so far. A council gets a page only once its local facts are sourced to the council itself.
Planning and building regulations drawings in Kent
The same services and prices apply as in London: planning permission drawings at £895 and building regulations drawings at £795. Where the work is permitted development, a certificate of lawfulness is the cheaper route; check first with the permitted development checker or read do I need planning permission?
Answers
Kent planning questions
Does the fee change between Kent councils?
Start with £150
Your fixed fee is already on this page.
Tell us the postcode and what you want to build. We confirm the fee in writing and book the survey.