The Birches Birchwood Road Swanley Kent BR8 7QA Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Cross boundary outline application for demolition of existing bungalow and erection of 5 No. dwellings and engineered changes in ground levels with access road, parking and cycle stores (consideration of access and layout only) Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 6 Oct 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Oct 2026
Documents 22
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 9
Application forms 2
Consultation & comments 6
Site constraints 6
Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £250,000 in June 2009. Detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
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Important details
- Council
- Dartford
- Application type
- Outline Application
- Postcode
- BR8 7QA
- Received
- 2 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 11 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Outside Borough Boundary
- Parish
- Outside Borough Boundary
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 6 Oct 2026
- Decision
- Application Refused
- Decision date
- 6 Oct 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Building Design Studio
How this decision compares
Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Refused, as 24% of demolitions here are.
Plota live figures for demolitions decided by Dartford in the last twelve months, from validation. Dartford decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
2 neighbours consulted · Last counted 6 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- 26/001163/OUT
- Neighbours
- 11 Aug 2026
- Consultation
- 11 Aug 2026
- Comments by
- 5 Sept 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 6 Oct 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
15 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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.
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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