Europcar Victoria Road Dartford DA1 1BN Data via plota.co.uk

25/01136/FUL - Full Application Awaiting decision

Proposal

Retrospective change of use from a compound area to a vehicle hire location, comprising a parking area together with the installation of a staff welfare facility (Sui Generis use) (retrospective application) Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

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Received
30 Sept 2025
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Validated
12 Nov 2025
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Consultation
14 Nov 2025
Decision
Target date was 30 Jan 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 28 Oct 2026; it is now day 350.

The consultation period closed on 9 Dec 2025.

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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
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, 48 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 ↗
National infrastructure project 1049 m away: Riverside Energy Park
The site is 1049 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 ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Dartford built-up area; Air quality management area 3 m away: Dartford AQMA No.3.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 7 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 1BN
Received
30 Sept 2025
Validated
12 Nov 2025
Ward
Town
Parish
Not Parished
Case officer
Show
Target decision
30 Jan 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Rapleys LLP/Matthew Tuersley

Decision outlook

Day 350, past the statutory target. 93% of full applications in Dartford are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 22 Oct 2026.

Day 350294 days past the 56-day target
85%decided within 8 weeks
74%approved
418decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Dartford in the last twelve months, from validation. Dartford decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

10 neighbours consulted · Last counted 22 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14306905
Planning Portal ref
PP-14306905
Neighbours
14 Nov 2025
Consultation
14 Nov 2025
Comments by
9 Dec 2025
Statutory expiry
7 Jan 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

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