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26/00574/DEMCON - Demolition Consultation Approved

Proposal

Application for prior notification of proposed demolition under Schedule 2, Part 11 Class B of The Town & Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended) of a single-storey commercial/warehouse building of approximately 260m gross internal area, used for light industrial/storage purposes. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 6 Sept 2026, 03:06

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Application progress

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Received

22 May 2026

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Consultation

29 May 2026

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Approved

16 Jun 2026

Approved on 16 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Sept 2026

Documents 3

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF DELEGATED REPORT Report · 16 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF PRIOR APPROVAL REQUIRED AND GRANTED Decision Notice · 16 Jun 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 8

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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

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

National infrastructure project 1025 m away: Riverside Energy Park

The site is 1025 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 ↗

2 listed buildings within 150 m

Nearest: 151 and 151a, Hythe Street, Grade II, 60 m away · 2 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; Inside the Dartford built-up area; Air quality management area 41 m away: Dartford AQMA No.3.

Not affected

Not green belt · 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: Demolition Consultation
Postcode: DA1 1BN
Received: 22 May 2026
Validated: 22 May 2026
Ward: Town OLD
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 19 Jun 2026
Decision: Prior Approval required and Granted
Decision date: 16 Jun 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: AIM Capital Limited/Mr Usman Bibi

How this decision compares

Decided in 25 days from validation, 38 days faster than Dartford's median of 63 for commercial and major works. Approved, as 100% of commercial and major works here are.

This one25d

Council63d

UK57d

50%decided within 8 weeks

100%approved

7%go to committee

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Dartford in the last twelve months, from validation. Dartford decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 6 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14921169
Planning Portal ref: PP-14921169
Consultation: 29 May 2026
Comments by: 12 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry: 19 Jun 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