Former Dartford Magistrates Court Highfield Road Dartford Kent DA1 2JH
Refused on 14 August 2026
Council decision: LDC Refusal
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Proposal
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate (existing) for the continued use of site as a Learning and Non-Residential Institution (Use Class F1)
- Received
- 22 June 2026
- Council
- Dartford Borough Council
- Ward
- Town
- ReceivedReceived22 Jun
- ValidatedValidated22 Jun
- Consult.Consultation16 Jul
- TargetTarget Date17 Aug
- DecidedDecided14 Aug
Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Former Dartford Magistrates Court Highfield Road Dartford Kent DA1 2JH. Dartford has handled 305 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Dartford's typical decision time. The site is in 4 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 984 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 2JH
- Application type
- Lawful Development Certificate
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Not Parished
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 June 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 20 July 2026
- Consultation start
- 25 June 2026
- Consultation end
- 16 July 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 25 June 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 20 July 2026
- Last date for comments
- 20 July 2026
- Target decision date
- 17 August 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 2 The Parade Ash Road Hartley Longfield DA3 8BG
Dartford Magistrate Consortium Ltd
Company number 11885055
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 15 Mar 2019 (7 years old)
- Nature of business
- Buying and selling of own real estate
- Registered office
- Dartford
Company information from Companies House.
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Jas Bansil
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Dartford Town Centre Conservation AreaPart of the site
- Article 4 direction: HMO Article 4(1) Direction North Order 2025
- Brownfield land register: Dartford Magistrates Court, Highfield Road, Dartford DA1 2JWRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage 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 and heritage coasts.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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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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