Planning application
Land Adjacent Manor Farm Cottages Green Street Green Road Darenth Kent DA2 8DN
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate (existing) for continued storage use of land (Use Class B8)
As published by the council, reference 25/00973/LDC
Application record
- Reference
- 25/00973/LDC
- Type
- Lawful Development Certificate
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Refused As published: LDC Refusal
- Received
- 20 Aug 2025
- Validated
- 20 Aug 2025
- Decided
- 11 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Longfield, New Barn & Southfleet
- Parish
- Darenth
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- DA2 8DN
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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20 Aug 2025
Received by Dartford
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11 Nov 2025
Decision issued: LDC Refusal
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Appeal: 26/00017/PUBINQ (Appeal Dismissed)
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Graham Simpkin Planning Ltd/Mr Paul Nicholls Agent, a planning consultancy
39 applications on PlanIndex · across 2 councils · 49% granted
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See their track recordSouth Darenth Farms And Cold Store Company Ltd Applicant, registered in Dartford
Active · incorporated 1960 · Dartford
8 applications on PlanIndex · across 2 councils
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
21 documents on file for this application
- DISMISSED
- NEWSPAPER ADVERT
- DELEGATED REPORT
- NOT LAWFUL
- PLANNING STATEMENT (GSP)
- 04- AERIAL VIEW 2015 -A3
- 05- AERIAL VIEW 2017 -A3
- 06- AERIAL VIEW 2018 -A3
- 07- AERIAL VIEW 2019 -A3
- 08- AERIAL VIEW 2020 -A3
- 09- AERIAL VIEW 2021 -A3
- 10- AERIAL VIEW 2024 -A3
- 11- AERIAL VIEW 2025 -A3
- 01- SITE LOCATION AND EXISTING BLOCK PLAN
- 02- EXISTING BLOCK PLAN WITH AERIAL OVERLAY
- TITLE K238455 REGISTER
- A2 TITLE K238455 PLAN
- A3 TITLE K238455 REGISTER (HISTORIC 1)
- A3 TITLE K238455 REGISTER (HISTORIC 2)
- A4 STAT DEC
- A5 STAT DEC
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Open the documentsWhat 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 lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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Land Adjacent Manor Farm Cottages Green Street Green Road Darenth Kent DA2 8DN
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The Oast House Manor Farm Shellbank Lane Bean Kent DA2 8DL
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Refused Conditions 4 docs
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