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25 Essex Road Dartford Kent DA1 2AU

26/00001/PMAPart 3 MA Prior ApprovalRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 10 April 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Required & Refused2 reasons for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) as to whether prior approval is required for change of use from day nursery (Use Class D1) to dwellinghouse (Use Class C3)

Received
2 January 2026
Public comments
2
Ward
Town
  1. Received2 Jan
  2. Validated11 Feb
  3. Consult.8 Mar
  4. Target15 Apr
  5. Decided10 Apr

Decided in 58 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 25 Essex Road Dartford Kent DA1 2AU. Dartford has handled 71 applications of this type. This one was decided in 98 days, 6 weeks longer than Dartford's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 76 applications across Town. We hold 986 applications in total for the DA1 postcode area.

84% of outline applications at Dartford Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. The noise impact from commercial premises has not been fully considered. The development does not therefore demonstrate that living conditions for future occupiers would be acceptable as required by Class MA.2, contrary to Policy M2 of the Dartford Local Plan to 2037.
  2. The proposed development would result in the loss of a nursery and it has not been justified that its loss would not be harmful on the provision of the type of services lost. The proposed development would therefore not be compliant with MA.2(h) and contrary to Policy M17 of the Dartford Local Plan to 2037.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
DA1 2AU
Application type
Part 3 MA Prior Approval
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Parished

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 February 2026
Consultation expiry
8 March 2026
Consultation start
11 February 2026
Consultation end
8 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
11 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
8 March 2026
Last date for comments
8 March 2026
Target decision date
15 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Josiah Greenaway
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14450972
Documents
12
Constraints
21

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Article 4 direction: HMO Article 4(1) Direction North Order 2025
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, 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, 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.

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