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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.
6,306 approved · 982 refused · 355 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Sept 2014 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
165-173 Hawley Road Dartford DA1 1PB
Received 18 Jul 20181 Lansbury Crescent Dartford Kent DA1 5DQ
Received 18 Jul 2018St Marys Church Hall Church Hill Stone Kent DA9 9BP
Received 18 Jul 2018Lanes Farm Park Corner Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9LS
Received 18 Jul 2018Phoenix Quarter Public Open Space Northern Gateway East And Mill Pond Sites (GlaxoSmithKline - Eastern Parcel) Bounded By Hythe Street, Mill Pond Road, Temple Hill And Central Road Dartford
Received 19 Jul 2018130 The Brent Dartford Kent DA2 6DE
Received 19 Jul 201818 Lavinia Road Dartford Kent DA1 1TS
Received 19 Jul 2018Stone Lodge Complex Cotton Lane Stone Kent
Received 17 Jul 2018Stone Lodge Complex Cotton Lane Stone Kent
Received 17 Jul 2018Stone Lodge Complex Cotton Lane Stone Kent
Received 17 Jul 2018McDonalds Restaurant 40 Priory Centre Dartford Kent DA1 2HR
Received 19 Jul 2018McDonalds Restaurant 40 Priory Centre Dartford Kent DA1 2HR
Received 19 Jul 201874 Windsor Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3HN
Received 19 Jul 2018The Willows 1B Faesten Way Bexley Kent DA5 2JB
Received 19 Jul 201828, 30, 34, 37, Playground, Opp St Margarets And Opp No.23 Darenth Park Avenue Darenth
Received 20 Jul 201818B Milton Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0LY
Received 20 Jul 201842 Broomhill Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HT
Received 20 Jul 201857 Princes View Dartford Kent DA1 1RJ
Received 20 Jul 20188 Westgate Road Dartford Kent DA1 2AT
Received 20 Jul 2018Tudor Vale Common Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7DB
Received 23 Jul 2018St Andrews Westwood Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9LZ
Received 23 Jul 2018Car Park Rear Of 117 Hedge Place Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9LD
Received 23 Jul 2018Wilmington House Church Hill Wilmington Kent
Received 23 Jul 2018St Fiacre Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA2 7HT
Received 23 Jul 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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