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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.
6,892 approved · 1,065 refused · 390 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Stone Lodge School Cotton Lane Stone Kent DA2 6PD
Received 27 Aug 2019Moatfield House Highfield Road Dartford Kent
Received 27 Aug 201914 Chastilian Road Dartford Kent DA1 3JJ
Received 28 Aug 201933 Birchwood Drive Wilmington Kent DA2 7NE
Received 29 Aug 2019Northfleet West Sub Station Southfleet Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 29 Aug 201954 Carlton Avenue Horns Cross Kent DA9 9DR
Received 30 Aug 2019Ivy House Highcross Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9PH
Received 30 Aug 201954 Miskin Road Dartford Kent DA1 2LS
Received 30 Aug 2019Beefs & Babes Gymnasium 217 London Road Stone Kent DA9 9DQ
Received 2 Sept 2019Eagle Farm Rear Of 95 High Road Wilmington Kent
Received 2 Sept 2019Abbott Murex Site And Part Mill Pond Land To South Lower Hythe Street Dartford Kent
Received 2 Sept 2019Wren House Main Road Longfield Kent DA3 7AE
Received 2 Sept 201927-31 High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DT
Received 3 Sept 2019Land West Of Northfleet Green Southfleet Kent
Received 3 Sept 201920 Wood Lane Darenth Kent DA2 7LR
Received 3 Sept 2019186 Shirehall Road Hawley Kent DA2 7SW
Received 3 Sept 2019242 Main Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HJ
Received 4 Sept 2019Wilmington Academy Common Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7DR
Received 3 Sept 2019West Village & Service Yards 5, 8 And 12 Bluewater Major Space Unit MSU7 Only
Received 4 Sept 2019Colt Lodge 9 New Barn Road Southfleet Kent DA3 7LQ
Received 4 Sept 2019Land Rear Of Former Unwins Site Victoria Road Dartford DA1 5AJ
Received 4 Sept 2019Abbott Murex Site And Part Mill Pond Land To South Lower Hythe Street Dartford Kent
Received 5 Sept 201912 Whitfield Crescent Dartford Kent DA2 6GD
Received 5 Sept 2019West Village & Service Yards 5, 8 And 12 Bluewater Major Space Unit MSU7 Only
Received 4 Sept 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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