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35-37 Temple Hill Square Dartford Kent DA1 5HY

19/00856/COUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 13 September 2019

Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of 35 Temple Hill Square from Use A1 (retail/dry cleaners) to Use A3 (restaurant and cafe) to provide ancillary seating for the existing cafe at 37 Temple Hill Square, and provision of a new shop front

Received
20 June 2019
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
1
Ward
Temple Hill
  1. Received20 Jun
  2. Validated20 Jun
  3. Consult.26 Jul
  4. Target13 Sep
  5. Decided13 Sep

Decided in 85 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 35-37 Temple Hill Square Dartford Kent DA1 5HY. Dartford has handled 305 applications of this type. This one was decided in 85 days, 4 weeks longer than Dartford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 11 applications across Temple Hill. We hold 986 applications in total for the DA1 postcode area.

93% of amendment applications at Dartford Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
DA1 5HY
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Not Parished

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 June 2019
Consultation expiry
26 July 2019
Consultation start
28 June 2019
Consultation end
26 July 2019
Neighbour consultation start
13 September 2019
Neighbour consultation end
19 July 2019
Last date for comments
26 July 2019
Target decision date
13 September 2019
Committee meeting
12 September 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Thames Innovation Centre 2 Veridion Way Erith DA18 4AL

Planning decision

Statutory period
85 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07940635
Documents
6
Constraints
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: HMO Article 4(1) Direction North Order 2025
  • Tree Preservation Order: 83/00031/TPOProtected tree on or next to this site
  • Brownfield land register: Depot Rear Of 2 Temple Hill Square, Dartford, KentRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

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Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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