Site Of Former Littlebrook Power Station Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5PT Data via plota.co.uk

26/00893/SCREEN - Screening Opinion Decided

Proposal

Request for an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Screening Opinion in accordance with Regulation 6 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (as amended) for the proposed development including erection of an HGV/LGV vehicle fuelling, charging and service facility including a clean multi energy hub (Sui Generis), welfare building including small scale retail, parking, truck wash and up to approximately 4,000sqm of flexible employment space (Use Classes B2, B8 and / or E(g)(iii)) Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 01:25

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Application progress

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Received

30 Jul 2026

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Consultation

7 Aug 2026

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EIA Not Required

17 Aug 2026

EIA Not Required on 17 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 18 Aug 2026

Documents 2

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF SCREENING RESPONSE TO AGENT Decision Notice · 17 Aug 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 6

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea

High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.

Flood map ↗

Article 4 direction

HMO Article 4(1) Direction North Order 2025. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.

An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.

National infrastructure project 652 m away: Riverside Energy Park

The site is 652 m from the project boundary. Generating station, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.

Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.

Planning Inspectorate project page ↗

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Dartford built-up area.

Not affected

Not green belt · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, 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: Screening Opinion
Postcode: DA1 5PT
Received: 30 Jul 2026
Validated: 30 Jul 2026
Ward: Bridge
Parish: Not Parished
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 20 Aug 2026
Decision: EIA Not Required
Decision date: 17 Aug 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Quod

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 18 Aug 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 7 Aug 2026
Comments by: 21 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry: 20 Aug 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