Land Formerly Known As 3 Victoria Road Dartford Kent DA1 5AE Data via plota.co.uk

26/00824/FUL - Full Application Awaiting decision

Proposal

Erection of a single-storey workshop building for vehicle servicing and repairs, tyre fitting and paintless dent repairs in connection with the existing vehicle repair business, with associated office/staff area, associated works and change of use of land on southern side of Victoria Road to provide customer parking area Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
16 Jul 2026
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Validated
4 Aug 2026
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Consultation
5 Aug 2026
Decision
Expected by 29 Sept 2026

As of 22 Sept 2026, the council is no longer showing this application on their planning portal. It may have been withdrawn or re-listed under a different reference. We've stopped checking it for updates.

Site constraints 9

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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
Air quality management area: Dartford AQMA No.3
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
2 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Remains of Priory Walls in Victoria Road, Kingsfield Terrace and Priory Road, including the doorway in Kingsfield Terrace, Grade II, 23 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.
Show all 2 with distances
Historic England ↗
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
National infrastructure project 1092 m away: Riverside Energy Park; Protected tree 12 m away: TI02 - Borough of Dartford T.P.O. No.2 1998, order 98/00002/TPO; Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Dartford built-up area.
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
Full Application
Postcode
DA1 5AE
Received
16 Jul 2026
Validated
4 Aug 2026
Ward
Town
Parish
Not Parished
Case officer
Show
Target decision
29 Sept 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
ThePlanningman.co.uk/Mr Philip Wellstead

Decision outlook

Day 66, past the statutory target. 83% of changes of use in Dartford are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 3 Nov 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 21 Sept 2026.

Day 6610 days past the 56-day target
61%decided within 8 weeks
49%approved
8%go to committee

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Dartford in the last twelve months, from validation. Dartford decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

23 neighbours consulted · Last counted 21 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15064333
Planning Portal ref
PP-15064333
Neighbours
5 Aug 2026
Consultation
5 Aug 2026
Comments by
30 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry
29 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No
Dartford
Planning Authority Score
5/10
Average
#146 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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