Planning application
Europcar Victoria Road Dartford DA1 1BN
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Retrospective change of use from a compound area to a vehicle hire location, comprising a parking area together with the installation of a staff welfare facility (Sui Generis use) (retrospective application)
As published by the council, reference 25/01136/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 25/01136/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 30 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 12 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Town
- Parish
- Not Parished
- Postcode
- DA1 1BN
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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30 Sep 2025
Received by Dartford
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12 Nov 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 7 January 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Dartford took a median of 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Rapleys LLP/Matthew Tuersley Agent
2 applications on PlanIndex · across 2 councils
Trade members see everything this firm has filed, how it was decided, and get an email the day it files again.
See their track recordEuropcar Group Limited Applicant
2 applications on PlanIndex · across 2 councils
Trade members see everything this firm has filed, how it was decided, and get an email the day it files again.
See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
18 documents on file for this application
- KCC HIGHWAYS
- NEWSPAPER NOTICE ACTUAL
- ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
- HEALTH & SAFETY EXECUTIVE
- 009-01B EXISTING SITE PLAN
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT
- AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT
- 009-02B GROUND FLOOR/BLOCK PLAN
- RE CYCLE ROUTE
- RE BNG EXEMPTION
- HERITAGE DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- 009-03 PROPOSED ELEVATIONS 1-4
- 009-04 PROPOSED ELEVATIONS 5-8
- CIL FORM
- TRANSPORT STATEMENT V2A
- PLANNING STATEMENT
- LOCATIONPLAN
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Dartford for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Dartford decided full applications in a median of 57 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About full applications
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