Former Lynch Plant Site And Ambulance Station Hawley Road Dartford DA1 1PD

Awaiting decision 26/00157/VCON
Council
Date received
11 Feb 2026
Date validated
12 Feb 2026
Postcode
DA1 1PD

Description

25/00760/VCON to allow an interim Open Storage use on Phase 2B with associated works. (Permission Ref 25/00760/VCON was for 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 permission DA/20/01202/FUL - condition 2 (approved plans - to include elevational changes, changes to external parking arrangements and landscaping layout, increase in mezzanine floorspace, and changes to approved Energy Statement), 9 (Flood Risk & Drainage details - to allow for the drainage scheme to be implemented in phases) 15 (Landscaping - new external amenity areas), 17 (Travel Plan - to allow submission prior to occupation of each unit), 22 (BREEAM - to allow submission within 6 months of occupation) and 30 (Mezzanine Floors - to restrict additional mezzanine floors only))

4.4/10
Planning Authority Score
#176 of 282

Dartford ranks #97 out of 282 councils for householder decision speed. Dartford is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 83% approved vs 90% nationally.

Dartford decision performance
Based on MHCLG data, 2025
80%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #250 of 282
83%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #246 of 282
79%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (71%) #97 of 282
39%
Extended time limit
Below avg (40%) #135 of 282
58%
Minor dwellings approved
50 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
2 decided (10+ homes)
78%
Change of use approved
23 decided
592
Total decisions
120 refused in 2025