Former Lynch Plant Site And Ambulance Station Hawley Road Dartford DA1 1PD Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Demolition of existing buildings and construction of buildings to provide flexible employment floorspace (Use Classes E(g)/B2/B8, with ancillary office accommodation within Use Class E (g)), together with the creation of a new vehicular access via Butterly Avenue, improvements to the existing vehicular access from Hawley Road, provision of car and cycle parking and service yards, drainage works, landscaping, installation of an acoustic fence and other associated works (variation of conditions 1 (approved plans), 2 (phase 2B drainage design), 4 (phasing) & 7 (levels) of permission Ref to allow an interim Open Storage use on Phase 2B with associated works) Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 17 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026
Documents 11
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 3
Other documents 6
Associated applications 5
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.
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Important details
- Council
- Dartford
- Application type
- Variation of Condition
- Postcode
- DA1 1PD
- Received
- 11 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 12 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Princes
- Parish
- Wilmington
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 14 May 2026
- Decision
- Approval of Variation of Condition
- Decision date
- 17 Jun 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Montagu Evans/Miss Rachel McGall
How this decision compares
Decided in 125 days from validation, 69 days slower than Dartford's median of 56 for changes of use. 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-14685662
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14685662
- Neighbours
- 23 Apr 2026
- Consultation
- 19 May 2026
- Comments by
- 9 Jun 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 14 May 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
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Former Lynch Plant Hire And Former Ambulance Station Hawley Road Dartford Kent DA1 1PB
Demolition of existing buildings and construction of buildings to provide flexible employment floorspace (Use Classes E(g)/B2/B8, with ancillary office accommodation within Use Class E (g)), together with the creation of a new vehicular access via Butterly Avenue, improvements to the existing vehicular access from Hawley Road, provision of car and cycle parking and service yards, drainage works, landscaping, installation of an acoustic fence and other associated works (variation of conditions pursuant to planning…
- Received
- 3 Jul 2025
- Decided
- 18 Dec 2025
- Outcome
- Approved