®Planning appeal decision
26 Lowfield Street, Dartford, Kent, DA1 1HD
Planning appeal 3318535 at 26 Lowfield Street, Dartford, Kent, DA1 1HD (Dartford Borough Council) was allowed on 28 March 2024 by Inspector Cowley R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether prior approval was deemed to be granted by virtue of the Council's failure to respond within the prescribed 56-day timescale under Paragraph W(11) of Schedule 2, Part 3 of the GPDO.
change of use from office (use class B1a) to residential (use class C3) to create five self-contained flats
- Authority
- Dartford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Cowley R
- Postcode
- DA1 1HD
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether prior approval was deemed to be granted by virtue of the Council's failure to respond within the prescribed 56-day timescale under Paragraph W(11) of Schedule 2, Part 3 of the GPDO
What decided it
The Council's failure to respond within the 56-day statutory timescale resulted in prior approval being deemed to be granted under the GPDO.
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