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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.
6,854 approved · 1,058 refused · 385 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Sept 2014 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Chapel Constance Grove Dartford DA1 2GA
Received 20 May 2019Sutton House Hawley Road Hawley DA1 1PX
Received 20 May 201929 Moore Close Darenth Kent DA2 6NN
Received 17 May 201910 Balmoral Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EY
Received 20 May 201910 Elstar Mews Greenhithe Kent DA9 9WU
Received 17 May 2019Ebbsfleet Bounded By A2, Southfleet Road, Springhead Road, North Kent Rail Line Excluding Blue Lake, Springhead Enterprise Park And CTRL Alignment, Swanscombe/Northfleet
Received 14 May 2019Northfleet West Sub Station Southfleet Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 17 May 201918 Devon Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9AB
Received 17 May 2019UCC Coffee Riverside Way Dartford Kent DA1 5BS
Received 15 May 201934 Broad Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0DR
Received 21 May 201943 Pentstemon Drive Swanscombe Kent DA10 0NL
Received 21 May 2019105 Fulwich Road Dartford Kent DA1 1UN
Received 22 May 20198 The Maples Longfield Kent DA3 7JW
Received 22 May 2019Sutton House Hawley Road Hawley DA1 1PX
Received 22 May 2019Land Adjacent 2 St Marys Road Stone
Received 23 May 2019The Coach House Rowhill Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7QQ
Received 23 May 20192 St Marys Road Stone Kent DA9 9AS
Received 23 May 2019113 Ladywood Road Darenth Kent DA2 7LP
Received 23 May 20199 Lawrence Hill Road Dartford Kent DA1 3AG
Received 23 May 2019Littlebrook Hospital Greenacres Bow Arrow Lane Dartford Kent DA2 6PB
Received 23 May 2019Electricity Sub Station Adjacent 205 London Road Stone Kent
Received 24 May 2019Chalkcroft Transport Yard Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA2 8DX
Received 24 May 2019Chalkcroft Transport Yard Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA2 8DX
Received 24 May 201913 Briar Road Bexley Kent DA5 2HN
Received 24 May 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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