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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.
6,865 approved · 1,058 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Rear Of 37-41 Brentfield Road Dartford Kent
Received 3 Jun 201969 Charles Street Stone Kent DA9 9AN
Received 5 Jun 2019Acacia Hall High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DJ
Received 4 Jun 2019Acacia Hall High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DJ
Received 4 Jun 2019Acacia Hall High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DJ
Received 4 Jun 2019Land North Of Hedge Place Road Greenhithe Kent
Received 6 Jun 2019Land North Of Hedge Place Road Greenhithe Kent
Received 6 Jun 2019UCC Coffee Riverside Way Dartford Kent DA1 5BS
Received 7 Jun 201947 Shepherds Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2NL
Received 10 Jun 201916 Tollgate Road Dartford Kent DA2 6BS
Received 10 Jun 2019138 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HG
Received 10 Jun 2019Unit 2 Capacity Central Road North Dartford Kent DA1 5XA
Received 10 Jun 201973 Stonehill Woods Park Old London Road Upper Ruxley Sidcup Kent DA14 5FB
Received 10 Jun 201932 Gloucester Road Dartford Kent DA1 3DJ
Received 10 Jun 2019135 Brent Lane Dartford Kent DA1 1QU
Received 10 Jun 2019The Wharf Galleon Boulevard Crossways Business Park Dartford Kent DA2 6QE
Received 10 Jun 2019Site At Junction Of King Edward Avenue West Hill Dartford Kent
Received 10 Jun 20199 Dawes Close Stone Kent DA9 9RA
Received 12 Jun 2019Garden Bridge Lovers Lane Greenhithe Kent
Received 10 Jun 2019Northfleet West Sub Station Southfleet Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 11 Jun 2019Northfleet West Sub Station Southfleet Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 10 Jun 2019UCC Coffee Riverside Way Dartford Kent DA1 5BS
Received 12 Jun 20191A North Road Dartford Kent DA1 3LS
Received 12 Jun 20191A North Road Dartford Kent DA1 3LS
Received 12 Jun 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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