Birchwood Park Golf And Country Club Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HJ Data via plota.co.uk

26/01025/FUL - Full Application Awaiting decision

Proposal

Removal of existing driving range bays and erection of 4 x covered padel courts, outdoor terrace, redirected public footpath, landscaping and ancillary works Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 7 Oct 2026, 19:53

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Application progress

✓

Received

2 Sept 2026

✓

Validated

8 Sept 2026

✓

Consultation

10 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 8 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 3 Nov 2026 and 29 Nov 2026, from Dartford's recent commercial and major works.

The consultation period closed on 4 Oct 2026.

Documents 25

Statements & assessments 12

Application forms 2

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 2 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF CIL FORM CIL · 2 Sept 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 4

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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Agricultural land, grade 2, surveyed

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: Natural England's post-1988 ALC field survey (Reading). 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.

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Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone

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.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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 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 7HJ
Received: 2 Sept 2026
Validated: 8 Sept 2026
Ward: Joydens Wood
Parish: Not Parished
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 8 Dec 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: WSP UK Ltd/Mr George Sams

Decision outlook

Day 31 of the 56-day target. Dartford usually decides commercial and major works by day 63.

prediction

Day 3132 days to the predicted decision (day 63)

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.

4 neighbours consulted · Last counted 7 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15011364
Planning Portal ref: PP-15011364
Neighbours: 9 Sept 2026
Consultation: 10 Sept 2026
Comments by: 4 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry: 8 Dec 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

8 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved

Erection of a dormer window to the first floor of the existing clubhouse building

25/00543/FUL 28 Jul 2025

2025 Approved

Erection of a dormer window to the first floor of the existing clubhouse building

25/00543/FUL 28 Jul 2025

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2022

Stonehill Farm Stonehill Green Wilmington Kent DA2 7HJ

Demolition of existing outbuilding and erection of a detached outbuilding and associated…

22/00588/FUL 18 May 2022

2018 Withdrawn

Stonehill Farm Stonehill Green Wilmington Kent DA2 7HJ

Erection of a mobile home

18/00784/FUL 4 Oct 2018

2018 Withdrawn

Stonehill Farm Stonehill Green Wilmington Kent DA2 7HJ

Erection of a mobile home

18/00784/FUL 4 Oct 2018

2018 Approved

Stonehill Farm Stonehill Green Wilmington Kent DA2 7HJ

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for proposed siting of a mobile home wit…

18/00783/LDC 24 Sep 2018

2018 Approved

Stonehill Farm Stonehill Green Wilmington Kent DA2 7HJ

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for proposed siting of a mobile home wit…

18/00783/LDC 24 Sep 2018

2016 Approved

Birchwood Park Golf Centre Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HJ

Application for variation of condition 7 (list of approved drawings) of planning permissi…

16/01650/VCON 3 Jan 2017

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

Birchwood Park Golf And Country Club Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HJ Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 25

Statements & assessments 12

Application forms 2

Other documents 11

Site constraints 4

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Important details

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Public comments

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Previous applications at this address

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