- Application reference
- 25/00602/FUL
- Description
- Removal of existing polytunnel and installation of fully covered canopy structure containing 5 padel courts and ancillary facilities together with engineering operations including changes to land levels to create a raised level surface for padel courts and erection of retaining walls, 2m high fencing, new hardsurfacing, landscaping, parking, and SuDs pond
- Schedule Classification
- 2
- Date considered by nominated member and officer
- 3 November 2026
- Outcome
- Referred to Dartford Planning Committee
- Criterion A met?
- No
- Criterion B met?
- Yes
- Reason
- Criteria B met. The application is of significance having regard to the development plan, being in the Green Belt on mainly greenfield land, outside of a settlement but with public benefits, resulting in a genuinely complex planning balance.
