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Dismissed11 March 20253349220

11-27 Hythe Street, Dartford, Kent, DA1 1AB

Planning appeal 3349220 at 11-27 Hythe Street, Dartford, Kent, DA1 1AB (Dartford Borough Council) was dismissed on 11 March 2025 by Inspector De Freitas Terceiro P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development satisfies the limitations and conditions set out in Schedule 2, Part 20, Class AA of the GPDO, specifically whether paragraph AA.1(za) operates as a bar to prior approval.

application under Schedule 2, Part 20, Class AA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 as to whether prior approval is required for construction of two additional storeys to provide 12 dwellings on detached building in commercial or mixed use

Authority
Dartford Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
De Freitas Terceiro P
Postcode
DA1 1AB

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the development satisfies the limitations and conditions set out in Schedule 2, Part 20, Class AA of the GPDO, specifically whether paragraph AA.1(za) operates as a bar to prior approval

What decided it

The change of use pursuant to Class MA prior approvals had been commenced, which triggered the bar in paragraph AA.1(za) of the GPDO and rendered the Class AA development not permitted.

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