29 Essex Road Dartford Kent DA1 2AU

1. 24 Jul 2024

   Received by Dartford

2. 16 Dec 2024

   Decision issued: Prior Approval Required and Approved

3. 1 Sep 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.

Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.

Prior approval applications arise where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, such as larger home extensions, changes of use to housing or agricultural buildings. The council may only consider the specific matters set out in the rules, for example transport, flooding or appearance, and in many classes the work may proceed if the council does not respond within the deadline, commonly 56 days.

More on prior approval applications in our guide

• 29 Essex Road Dartford Kent DA1 2AU

  24/00842/PMA Submitted 24 Jul 2024 0m away

  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 existing offices from commercial, business and service (Use Class E) to a single 3 bedroom dwelling house (Use Class C3)

  Granted Prior approval 13 docs
  Domestic

• 25 Essex Road Dartford Kent DA1 2AU

  26/00001/PMA Submitted 2 Jan 2026 14m away

  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)

  Refused Prior approval 11 docs
  Domestic

• 25 Essex Road Dartford Kent DA1 2AU

  26/00001/PMA Submitted 2 Jan 2026 14m away

  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)

  Refused Prior approval 11 docs
  Domestic

• 10 - 14 Westview Court Kent Road Dartford Kent DA1 2AJ

  26/00902/CDNA Submitted 28 Jul 2026 58m away

  83% historically approved · decision due ~22 Sep

  Submission of details relating to storage of bicycles (condition 5) and storage of refuse (condition 6) pursuant to planning permission DA/25/01352/FUL for conversion of existing building to the east of the site from commercial use to class F2(B) local community centre. Use of existing buildings along the northern boundary for ancillary storage. Use of external curtilage for parking

  Awaiting decision Conditions 3 docs

• 99 Kent Road Dartford Kent DA1 2AJ

  26/00512/FUL Submitted 6 May 2026 59m away

  74% historically approved · decision due ~14 Jul

  Change of use from existing commercial offices (E(g)(i) use class) to a residential single dwelling house (C3 use class) and external alterations

  Decided Full applications 12 docs
  Domestic

• 10 - 14 Westview Court Kent Road Dartford Kent DA1 2AJ

  26/00902/CDNA Submitted 28 Jul 2026 59m away

  79% historically approved · decision due ~22 Sep

  Submission of details relating to storage of bicycles (condition 5) and storage of refuse (condition 6) pursuant to planning permission DA/25/01352/FUL for conversion of existing building to the east of the site from commercial use to class F2(B) local community centre. Use of existing buildings along the northern boundary for ancillary storage. Use of external curtilage for parking

  Awaiting decision 3 docs

• JA26/00764/PMA Refused

  208A Main Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HP

  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 to convert the internal layout of the ground floor level of the existing two-storey building to create a new 1 bedroom dwelling, that will be additional to the retained existing dwelling on the first floor level

  6 Jul 2026 Prior approval
• 26/00197/PMA Granted

  6A Station Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QD

  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 to convert the existing office into a self-contained 1 bedroom (2 person) residential dwelling (use class C3)

  19 Feb 2026 Prior approval
• 26/00001/PMA Refused

  25 Essex Road Dartford Kent DA1 2AU

  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)

  2 Jan 2026 Prior approval
• 23/00260/PMA Granted

  1st & 2nd Floors 4 - 10 Lowfield Street Dartford Kent DA1 1HA

  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 the part conversion of the first and second floor of former department store (Class E) to form residential flats comprising of: 4 X 2 bed (3x 3 person and 1x 4 person) and 1X 1 bed (2 person) & 2 studio flats (1 person)

  6 Mar 2023 Prior approval
• 23/00111/PMA Granted

  Summit House 2 - 2A Highfield Road Dartford Kent

  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 from Class E (commercial, business and service) to Class C3 (dwellinghouses) to provide 4 x self-contained dwellings

  3 Feb 2023 Prior approval