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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.
5,895 approved · 907 refused · 334 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Brent Lane Dartford Kent DA1 1QN
Received 20 Oct 20171 Darenth Park Avenue And Adjacent Darenth Kent DA2 6JN
Received 20 Oct 20179 Alfan Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7HB
Received 20 Oct 2017Castle Hill Central Whitecliff Castle Hill Ebbsfleet Valley Kent
Received 18 Oct 201715 Burnham Road Dartford Kent DA1 5AY
Received 20 Oct 201750A Chastilian Road Dartford Kent DA1 3JJ
Received 23 Oct 2017The Greyhound 58 Main Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EU
Received 23 Oct 201752 Devonshire Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 3DW
Received 23 Oct 2017Dartford Grammar School For Boys West Hill Dartford Kent DA1 2HW
Received 24 Oct 2017Dartford Grammar School For Boys West Hill Dartford Kent DA1 2HW
Received 24 Oct 2017Cheers Dental Practice 23 High Street Swanscombe Kent DA10 0AG
Received 24 Oct 2017Nurstead Stables Nurstead Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HG
Received 24 Oct 2017Depot Rear Of 2 Temple Hill Square Dartford DA1 5HZ
Received 24 Oct 2017One Hundred House Brunel Way Dartford DA1 5TH
Received 24 Oct 201738 Devonshire Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 3DW
Received 25 Oct 20176 Broomhill Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HT
Received 25 Oct 2017Theobalds Newsagent 229 Dartford Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HA
Received 25 Oct 201761 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HF
Received 25 Oct 201728 Larch Road Dartford Kent DA1 2LF
Received 24 Oct 2017Ukams House Unit 4 Twistleton Court Priory Hill Dartford Kent DA1 2EN
Received 25 Oct 2017Area Behind 1-18 Maplehurst Close Chapel Walk Bexley
Received 25 Oct 201728 Chastilian Road Dartford Kent DA1 3JJ
Received 25 Oct 2017Depot Rear Of 2 Temple Hill Square Dartford DA1 5HZ
Received 24 Oct 2017Land Adjacent Community Centre Ingress Park Avenue Greenhithe Kent DA9 9FR
Received 25 Oct 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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