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Former Lynch Plant Site And Ambulance Station Hawley Road Dartford DA1 1PD

26/00157/VCONVariation of ConditionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 17 June 2026

Council decision: Approval of Variation of Condition36 conditions

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Proposal

25/00760/VCON to allow an interim Open Storage use on Phase 2B with associated works. (Permission Ref 25/00760/VCON was for Demolition of existing buildings and construction of buildings to provide flexible employment floorspace (Use Classes E(g)/B2/B8, with ancillary office accommodation within Use Class E (g)), together with the creation of a new vehicular access via Butterly Avenue, improvements to the existing vehicular access from Hawley Road, provision of car and cycle parking and service yards, drainage works, landscaping, installation of an acoustic fence and other associated works (variation of conditions pursuant to planning permission DA/20/01202/FUL - condition 2 (approved plans - to include elevational changes, changes to external parking arrangements and landscaping layout, increase in mezzanine floorspace, and changes to approved Energy Statement), 9 (Flood Risk & Drainage details - to allow for the drainage scheme to be implemented in phases) 15 (Landscaping - new external amenity areas), 17 (Travel Plan - to allow submission prior to occupation of each unit), 22 (BREEAM - to allow submission within 6 months of occupation) and 30 (Mezzanine Floors - to restrict additional mezzanine floors only))

Received
11 February 2026
Public comments
3
Ward
Princes
  1. Received11 Feb
  2. Validated12 Feb
  3. Consult.14 May
  4. Target17 Jun
  5. Decided17 Jun

Decided in 125 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Former Lynch Plant Site And Ambulance Station Hawley Road Dartford DA1 1PD. Dartford has handled 396 applications of this type. This one was decided in 126 days, 10 weeks longer than Dartford's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Princes. We hold 986 applications in total for the DA1 postcode area.

87% of conditions 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 1PD
Application type
Variation of Condition
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Wilmington

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 February 2026
Consultation expiry
14 March 2026
Consultation start
17 February 2026
Consultation end
14 May 2026
Neighbour consultation start
17 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
14 March 2026
Last date for comments
14 March 2026
Target decision date
17 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
70 St Mary Axe London EC3A 8BE

Planning decision

Case officer
Steven Bell
Statutory period
91 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14685662
Documents
18
Constraints
23

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

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