Malt House Farm Green Street Green Road Darenth Kent DA2 8DX Data via plota.co.uk

26/00289/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Erection of a building and associated change of use of land for storage and distribution (Use Class B8) including provision of parking, hardstanding and fencing, and erection of bus shelter Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

✓
Received
12 Mar 2026
✓
Validated
16 Mar 2026
✓
Consultation
17 Jun 2026
✓
Approved
16 Sept 2026

Approved on 16 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 20 Sept 2026

Documents 33

All documents on the council site ↗

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 ↗
Agricultural land, grade 2
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Also on the record
Scheduled monument 193 m away: Icehouse at Clock House, Green Street Green; Radon affected area, class 2.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building 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.

Building

Floor area438 m² (4,715 sq ft)
Energy ratingC (asset rating 70)
UseD1 Non-residential Institutions - Education
HeatingHeating and Natural Ventilation

From the energy performance certificate lodged in May 2017, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

Work with planning data?

Every application in Dartford - and every UK council - as a live feed, an API, or a bulk CSV export.

About Plota's data service

Important details

Council
Dartford
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
DA2 8DX
Received
12 Mar 2026
Validated
16 Mar 2026
Ward
Longfield, New Barn & Southfleet
Parish
Darenth
Case officer
Show
Target decision
25 May 2026
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
16 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Graham Simpkin Planning Ltd/Mr Paul Nicholls
Freehold owner
Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 184 days from validation, 128 days slower than Dartford's median of 56 for changes of use. Approved, as 49% of changes of use here are.

61%decided within 8 weeks
49%approved
8%go to committee

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Dartford in the last twelve months, from validation. Dartford decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

7 neighbours consulted · Last counted 20 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14775920
Planning Portal ref
PP-14775920
Neighbours
17 Mar 2026
Consultation
17 Jun 2026
Comments by
8 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry
11 May 2026
Env. assessment
No
Dartford
Planning Authority Score
5/10
Average
#146 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.

Freehold owner and leaseholders: 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.