Hawkspare Ltd Hawkins Yard Green Street Green Road Darenth Kent DA2 8DP Data via plota.co.uk

25/01373/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Mixed-use of the land as a crane, vehicle and construction equipment, hire and sales yard with storage of cranes, plant, materials, machinery, containers, and other construction equipment and vehicles with use of existing buildings for shot blasting (shot blasting shed), workshop and office (building 1) (Use Classes B8, B2, E(gi & giii). In addition, the provision of associated construction and alteration of hardstandings, fencing, drainage infrastructure, new substation infrastructure, with amendments to access and provision of new landscaping (retrospective) (smaller site) with fencing and acoustic fencing. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
28 Nov 2025
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Validated
19 Dec 2025
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Consultation
1 Apr 2026
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Approved
23 Sept 2026

Approved on 23 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 4 Oct 2026

Documents 31

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

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.
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Public footpath 10 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
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.
Scheduled monument 99 m away: Icehouse at Clock House, Green Street Green
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
3 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Durham House and Durham House Cottage, Grade II, 61 m away · 3 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3

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.

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Important details

Council
Dartford
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
DA2 8DP
Received
28 Nov 2025
Validated
19 Dec 2025
Ward
Longfield, New Barn & Southfleet
Parish
Darenth
Case officer
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Target decision
23 Sept 2026
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
23 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
DHA Planning Ltd/Mr Alex Hicken

How this decision compares

Decided in 278 days from validation, 223 days slower than Dartford's median of 55 for full applications. Approved, as 75% of full applications here are.

85%decided within 8 weeks
75%approved
349decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Dartford in the last twelve months, from validation. Dartford decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

6 neighbours consulted · Last counted 4 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14399982
Planning Portal ref
PP-14399982
Neighbours
1 Apr 2026
Consultation
1 Apr 2026
Comments by
22 Apr 2026
Statutory expiry
20 Mar 2026
Env. assessment
No
Dartford
Planning Authority Score
5/10
Average
#146 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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

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