Land At Darenth Hill Darenth Kent DA2 7QY Data via plota.co.uk

26/01053/P3R - agr to flex use Awaiting decision

Proposal

Application under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class R of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 as to whether prior approval is required for proposed change of use from agricultural use to Class E(g)(i) office use Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 01:28

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Application progress

✓

Received

10 Sept 2026

✓

Consultation

14 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 5 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 5 Nov 2026, from Dartford's recent changes of use.

Comments are open until 9 Oct 2026

Comment on this application ↗

Documents 5

Site constraints 5

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 3a

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

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.

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; SSSI 452 m away: Darenth Wood SSSI.

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: agr to flex use
Postcode: DA2 7QY
Received: 10 Sept 2026
Validated: 10 Sept 2026
Ward: Darenth
Parish: Darenth
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 5 Nov 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Ceres Property/Mr Rory Baker

Decision outlook

Day 29 of the 56-day target. Dartford usually decides changes of use by day 56.

prediction

Day 2927 days to 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.

4 neighbours consulted · Last counted 6 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15002514
Planning Portal ref: PP-15002514
Neighbours: 14 Sept 2026
Consultation: 14 Sept 2026
Comments by: 9 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry: 5 Nov 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Refused

Application under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class R of the Town and Country Planning (General P…

25/01068/P3R 11 Nov 2025

2025 Refused

Application under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class R of the Town and Country Planning (General P…

25/01068/P3R 11 Nov 2025

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2020 Approved

Darenth Fishing Complex Flats 1 And 2 Darenth Hill Darenth Kent DA2 7QY

Alterations and extension to existing pair of semi-detached residential dwelling houses i…

20/00226/FUL 17 Apr 2020

2017 Approved

Flat 3 Darenth Fishing Complex Darenth Hill Darenth Kent DA2 7QY

Use of clubhouse as 2 No. flats (retrospective application in part), incorporating a repl…

17/01347/RCON 24 Dec 2019

2016 Approved

Darenth Fishing Complex Clubhouse Darenth Hill Darenth Kent DA2 7QY

Use of clubhouse as 2 No. flats for part time water bailiffs (retrospective application i…

16/00383/COU 23 Jun 2016

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