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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Dartford Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
5,693 approved · 874 refused · 325 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Oct 2014 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Alkerden Farm Alkerden Lane Swanscombe Kent DA9 9LR
Received 4 May 2017Land At Arethusa Place High Street Greenhithe Kent
Received 4 May 20171 Bullace Lane Dartford Kent DA1 1BB
Received 4 May 201712 Windsor Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3HN
Received 4 May 201715 Manor Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0ES
Received 4 May 20175 Station Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9PA
Received 4 May 201712 Hulsewood Close Wilmington Kent DA2 7AD
Received 4 May 20171 Norfield Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7NY
Received 4 May 2017The Brent Primary School London Road Stone Kent DA2 6BA
Received 4 May 2017The Greyhound 58 Main Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EU
Received 5 May 201711 Tudor Close Dartford Kent DA1 3HU
Received 8 May 201717 Hart Shaw Longfield Kent DA3 7JH
Received 8 May 201712 Hulsewood Close Wilmington Kent DA2 7AD
Received 8 May 20178 Powder Mill Lane Wilmington Kent DA1 1NW
Received 8 May 20179 Alfan Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7HB
Received 8 May 201757 Top Dartford Road Hextable Kent
Received 5 May 2017Wilmington Academy Common Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7DR
Received 5 May 2017103 Colney Road Dartford Kent DA1 1TG
Received 9 May 201734 Tennyson Road Dartford Kent DA1 5DJ
Received 9 May 2017Units EVU03 & EVU05 Wintergarden Bluewater Greenhithe Kent DA9 9SF
Received 9 May 201735 Anvil Terrace Dartford Kent DA2 7WR
Received 9 May 201787 Elm Road Dartford Kent DA1 2RX
Received 9 May 2017Broomfields Lodge Common Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7BA
Received 8 May 2017Broomfields Lodge Common Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7BA
Received 8 May 2017Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Dartford Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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