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25/00425/REM - Approval of Reserved Matters Approved

Proposal

Reserved matters application relating to, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale pursuant to condition 1 of outline planning permission for demolition of existing buildings and hard standing and redevelopment of the site to provide: a building comprising a care home (Use Class C2) comprising up to 5,469sqm of ground to second floor space and a 20 bed hospital ward (Use Class C2) with associated parking; a multi-storey car park comprising up to 12,181sqm of floor space; and associated works together with discharge of condition 6 (existing and proposed levels), condition 7 (contaminated land assessment), condition 8 (tree survey and tree protection measures), condition 9 (surface water drainage scheme), condition 10 (reptile presence survey), condition 11 (ecological design strategy), condition 12 (landscape and ecological management plan), condition 13 (noise impact assessment), condition 14 (materials), condition 15 (landscaping), condition 16 (green roofs and green walls), condition 17 (car parking layout), condition 18 (pedestrian routes), condition 19 (BREEAM), condition 20 (storage and collection of waste), condition 21 (boundary enclosures) and condition 22 (extract system). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
11 Apr 2025
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Validated
14 May 2026
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Consultation
1 Jun 2026
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Approved
2 Jul 2026

Approved on 2 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Sept 2026

Documents 33

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 3

Site constraints 4

Green belt: London
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
Read the government guidance ↗
Article 4 direction
HMO Article 4(1) Direction North Order 2025. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Dartford built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £2,000,000 in January 2023. Other property, freehold.

24 January 2023£2,000,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Dartford
Application type
Approval of Reserved Matters
Postcode
DA2 8DE
Received
11 Apr 2025
Validated
14 May 2026
Ward
Bean & Village Park
Parish
Darenth
Case officer
Show
Target decision
13 Aug 2026
Decision
Approval of details (or revised details)
Decision date
2 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
RM Design Group/Mr Raymond Mortimer
Freehold owner
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How this decision compares

Decided in 49 days from validation, 14 days faster than Dartford's median of 63 for commercial and major works. Approved, as 100% of commercial and major works here are.

50%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
7%go to committee

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Dartford in the last twelve months, from validation. Dartford decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

121 neighbours consulted · Last counted 6 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-13927407
Planning Portal ref
PP-13927407
Neighbours
23 Jan 2026
Consultation
1 Jun 2026
Comments by
15 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry
13 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No
Dartford
Planning Authority Score
5/10
Average
#146 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

Dartford is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #92 out of 296. Dartford is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 80% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 80% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Dartford decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
79%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #264 of 296
80%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #278 of 296
73%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #92 of 296
33%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #74 of 296
61%
Minor dwellings approved
46 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
2 decided (10+ homes)
68%
Change of use approved
25 decided
595
Total decisions
126 refused in the year to March 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.