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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.
6,136 approved · 951 refused · 348 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Oct 2014 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Hasted Close Greenhithe Kent DA9 9HT
Received 16 Jan 2018The Pier Ingress Site Greenhithe
Received 16 Jan 2018Northern Gateway East And Mill Pond Sites (GlaxoSmithKline - Eastern Parcel) Bounded By Hythe Street, Mill Pond Road, Temple Hill And Central Road Dartford
Received 17 Jan 2018Wilmington Grammar School For Girls Parsons Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7BB
Received 18 Jan 201816 Wellcome Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 5JW
Received 18 Jan 201830 The Close Wilmington Kent DA2 7ES
Received 18 Jan 2018Longreach Sewage Treatment Works Marsh Street Dartford DA1 5PP
Received 19 Jan 201810 Rowlatt Close Wilmington Kent DA2 7BT
Received 22 Jan 2018The Chapel Constance Grove Dartford DA1 2GA
Received 22 Jan 201854 Carlton Avenue Horns Cross Kent DA9 9DR
Received 22 Jan 2018Swyres Farm Green Street Green Road Darenth DA2 7JD
Received 22 Jan 2018Cuckoos Nest 25 Abbey Drive Dartford Kent DA2 7WP
Received 22 Jan 201846 Gordon Road Dartford Kent DA1 2LQ
Received 23 Jan 2018Temple Hill County Primary Infants School St Edmunds Road Dartford Kent DA1 5ND
Received 23 Jan 201820 Albert Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7DL
Received 23 Jan 2018Land West Of Springhead Road (Springhead Park Phase 3) Northfleet
Received 23 Jan 2018Wilmington Grammar School For Girls Parsons Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7BB
Received 23 Jan 2018Service Yard 9 Bluewater Shopping Centre
Received 24 Jan 20186 The Oval Longfield Kent DA3 7HD
Received 24 Jan 201820 Station Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QD
Received 24 Jan 201820 Station Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QD
Received 24 Jan 2018Former Northfleet West Sub Station Southfleet Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 24 Jan 2018Northfleet West Sub Station Southfleet Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 24 Jan 201832 The Spires Wilmington Kent DA1 2TA
Received 25 Jan 2018Records 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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