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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.
6,812 approved · 1,052 refused · 383 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Thames Europort Clipper Boulevard Dartford Kent DA2 6QN
Received 20 Mar 2019Plot 16A The Bridge Brunel Way Dartford Kent
Received 20 Mar 201927 - 31 High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DT
Received 21 Mar 201945 Windsor Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3HW
Received 21 Mar 2019Heathwinds Common Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7AX
Received 21 Mar 20191A North Road Dartford Kent DA1 3LS
Received 21 Mar 2019Acacia Hall High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DJ
Received 21 Mar 201933 Littlebrook Manor Way Dartford Kent DA1 5DX
Received 22 Mar 201914 Borland Close Stone Kent DA9 9PD
Received 22 Mar 2019Land At Northern Gateway-eastern Parcel
Received 22 Mar 201914 Heathclose Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 2PH
Received 22 Mar 2019Land South Of St Marys Road Stone Kent
Received 22 Mar 2019Northern Gateway North Central Road Dartford Kent
Received 22 Mar 2019Land Adjacent The Lodges (now Gantry Place) Cotton Lane Stone Kent
Received 21 Mar 2019Homefield Farm Homefield Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9JA
Received 22 Mar 2019Acacia Hall High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DJ
Received 21 Mar 2019The Alma 26 High Street Swanscombe Kent DA10 0AB
Received 22 Mar 20198 Rambler Lane Dartford Kent DA1 5RB
Received 25 Mar 2019Land South Of St Marys Road Stone Kent
Received 22 Mar 2019Land South Of St Marys Road Stone Kent
Received 22 Mar 2019Moatfield House Highfield Road Dartford Kent
Received 25 Mar 2019Block C, D And F Northern Gateway Mill Pond Site (GlaxoSmithKline - Eastern Parcel) Bounded By Hythe Street, Mill Pond Road, Temple Hill And Central Road Dartford
Received 25 Mar 2019Northern Gateway East And Mill Pond Sites (GlaxoSmithKline - Eastern Parcel) Bounded By Hythe Street, Mill Pond Road, Temple Hill And Central Road Dartford
Received 25 Mar 2019Nurstead Stables Nurstead Avenue Longfield Kent
Received 25 Mar 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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