6A Station Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QD Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Application under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) as to whether prior approval is required to convert the existing office into a self-contained 1 bedroom (2 person) residential dwelling (use class C3) Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 14 Apr 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026
Documents 5
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 1
Site constraints 4
Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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
From the energy performance certificate lodged in July 2026, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Dartford
- Application type
- Part 3 MA Prior Approval
- Postcode
- DA3 7QD
- Received
- 19 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 19 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Longfield, New Barn & Southfleet
- Parish
- Longfield And New Barn
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 16 Apr 2026
- Decision
- Prior Approval Required and Approved
- Decision date
- 14 Apr 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 54 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Approved, as 49% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Dartford in the last twelve months, from validation. Dartford decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14715256
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14715256
- Neighbours
- 24 Feb 2026
- Consultation
- 24 Feb 2026
- Comments by
- 21 Mar 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 16 Apr 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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.
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.
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