[2025] EWHC 2646 (Admin)

By this application, the Applicant – South Darenth Farms and Cold Store Company Limited (“South Darenth”) - seeks permission to bring a statutory appeal pursuant to the provisions of section 289 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (TCPA 1990).

South Darenth seeks permission to appeal the decision of the Inspector appointed by the First Respondent, the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government (“the Secretary of State”) made on 6 May 2025 (“the Inspector’s Decision”). The Inspector’s Decision was to dismiss the appeal of South Darenth against an enforcement notice issued by Dartford Borough Council, the Second Respondent (“Dartford Council”), as the local planning authority.

If South Darenth succeeds in this application then the appeal will require listing for a substantive hearing. I am grateful to both Counsel for the Applicant, Mr Robin Green and Counsel for the Respondent, Ms Heather Sargent, for their helpful and focussed written and oral submissions.