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1st & 2nd Floors 4 - 12 Lowfield Street Dartford Kent DA1 1HA

Refused Dartford 22/01371/PMA Part 3 MA Prior Approval

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Application under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended) as to whether prior approval is required for change of use of part of the first and second floor of existing commercial, business and service (Use Class E) to dwellinghouses (Class C3) to create 7 No. residential units. Alterations to part of basement and ground floor.

As published by the council, reference 22/01371/PMA

Application record

Reference
22/01371/PMA
Type
Part 3 MA Prior Approval
Status
Decided
Decision
Prior Approval Required & Refused
Received
21 Nov 2022
Validated
21 Nov 2022
Decided
12 Jan 2023
Ward
Town
Parish
Not Parished
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
DA1 1HA

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 21 Nov 2022

    Received by Dartford

  2. 12 Jan 2023

    Decision issued: Prior Approval Required & Refused

  3. 1 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

17 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Dartford refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About prior approval applications

Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.

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