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Hawkspare Ltd Hawkins Yard Green Street Green Road Darenth Kent DA2 8DP

25/01374/FULApproved

Approved on 16 October 2026

Council decision: Application Permitted18 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Mixed-use of the land as a crane and construction equipment, hire and sales yard with storage of cranes, plant, materials, machinery, containers, and other construction equipment and vehicles and associated accredited construction-plant training facility with moveable welfare unit containers with use of existing buildings for shot blasting (shot blasting shed), storage for the training facility (veteran shed) workshop and office (building 1) (Use Classes B8, B2, E(gi & giii) & F1). In addition, the provision of associated construction and alteration of hardstandings, fencing, land re-grading, drainage infrastructure, new substation infrastructure, with amendments to access and provision of new landscaping (retrospective) (larger site) with fencing and acoustic fencing.

Received
28 November 2025
Public comments
0 · last counted 9 November 2026
Ward
Longfield, New Barn & Southfleet
  1. Received28 Nov
  2. Validated22 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Oct

Decided in 298 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Hawkspare Ltd Hawkins Yard Green Street Green Road Darenth Kent DA2 8DP. Dartford has handled 2,160 applications of this type. This one was decided in 298 days, 35 weeks longer than Dartford's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 124 applications across Longfield, New Barn & Southfleet. We hold 289 applications in total for the DA2 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
DA2 8DP
Parish
Darenth

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 December 2025

Planning decision

Case officer
Mrs Emma Eisinger

Additional information

Documents
70

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Dartford
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    22 Dec

    Mixed-use of the land as a crane and construction equipment, hire and sales yard with storage of cranes…

    This applicationApprovedApplication25/01374/FUL
  2. 2025
    19 Dec

    Mixed-use of the land as a crane, vehicle and construction equipment, hire and sales yard with storage of…

    ApprovedApplicationFiled alongside25/01373/FUL

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