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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.
6,780 approved · 1,051 refused · 382 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Sept 2014 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Dartford Bridge Learning And Community Campus Birdwood Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 5GB
Received 25 Jan 2019Bus Shelter Instone Road Dartford Kent
Received 28 Jan 2019Bus Shelter Hythe Street Rear Of 4 Prospect Place Dartford Kent
Received 28 Jan 2019Bus Shelter North Side Home Gardens Dartford Kent
Received 28 Jan 201922 Bedford Road Dartford Kent DA1 1SR
Received 28 Jan 201937 Heathclose Road Dartford Kent DA1 2PU
Received 28 Jan 2019Solitaire Main Road Longfield Kent DA3 7PW
Received 29 Jan 201937 Leyton Cross Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7AW
Received 29 Jan 2019South House Pincroft Wood Longfield Kent DA3 7AJ
Received 29 Jan 2019Phoenix 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 29 Jan 2019Yard C5 Manor Way Business Park Manor Way Swanscombe Kent
Received 29 Jan 2019Neptune Slipway Pier Road Greenhithe Kent
Received 24 Jan 2019Neptune Slipway Pier Road Greenhithe Kent
Received 24 Jan 2019Neptune Slipway Pier Road Greenhithe Kent
Received 24 Jan 2019Neptune Slipway Pier Road Greenhithe Kent
Received 24 Jan 2019Neptune Slipway Pier Road Greenhithe Kent
Received 24 Jan 2019Neptune Slipway Pier Road Greenhithe Kent
Received 24 Jan 2019Littlebrook Power Station Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5PT
Received 25 Jan 2019Littlebrook Power Station Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5PT
Received 25 Jan 2019Littlebrook Power Station Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5PT
Received 25 Jan 2019Littlebrook Power Station Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5PT
Received 25 Jan 201941 Shepherds Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2NL
Received 31 Jan 201914 & 16 Vanessa Way Bexley Kent DA5 2JS
Received 31 Jan 2019208 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HA
Received 31 Jan 2019Records 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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