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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.
6,886 approved · 1,063 refused · 390 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rear Of 16A Swaisland Road Dartford Kent DA1 3DA
Received 2 Aug 20195 Seaton Road Dartford Kent DA1 3LB
Received 2 Aug 20192 Cherry Tree Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7AE
Received 2 Aug 2019Nurstead Hill Farm Nurstead Lane Longfield Kent
Received 2 Aug 201950A Chastilian Road Dartford Kent DA1 3JJ
Received 5 Aug 2019Adj 34 Valley View Greenhithe Kent DA9 9LU
Received 29 Jul 2019Adj 34 Valley View Greenhithe Kent DA9 9LU
Received 29 Jul 20192 Warwick Way Wilmington Kent DA1 1NQ
Received 5 Aug 2019Hawley Garden Centre Hawley Road Hawley Kent DA2 7RB
Received 5 Aug 2019Former Unwins Site Victoria Road Dartford DA1 5AJ
Received 5 Aug 2019Former Unwins Site Victoria Road Dartford DA1 5AJ
Received 5 Aug 201924 Princes Avenue Dartford Kent DA2 6NF
Received 6 Aug 201970 Chastilian Road Dartford Kent DA1 3JZ
Received 6 Aug 20193 Hook Place Cottages Hook Green Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NL
Received 5 Aug 2019Woodlands Church Walk Wilmington Kent DA2 7EL
Received 6 Aug 2019Beechfield Poplars Close Longfield DA3 7LP
Received 6 Aug 2019265 Princes Road Dartford Kent DA1 2PY
Received 6 Aug 2019River Mill Primary School Central Road Dartford Kent DA1 5XR
Received 6 Aug 2019Former Unwins Site Victoria Road Dartford Kent
Received 7 Aug 201998 Hawley Road Dartford Kent DA1 1PA
Received 7 Aug 201911 Longfield Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7LF
Received 7 Aug 201953 Priory Road Dartford Kent DA1 2BS
Received 7 Aug 20193 Church Field Wilmington Kent DA2 7EJ
Received 7 Aug 201918 Fleet Avenue Dartford Kent DA2 6NL
Received 8 Aug 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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