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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.
6,900 approved · 1,066 refused · 390 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
West Village & Service Yards 5, 8 And 12 Bluewater Major Space Unit MSU7 Only
Received 4 Sept 2019West Village & Service Yards 5, 8 And 12 Bluewater Major Space Unit MSU7 Only
Received 4 Sept 2019Swanscombe Park Park Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 5 Sept 2019Childrens Play Area Valley View Greenhithe Kent
Received 5 Sept 2019Land Rear Of Station House Station Road Southfleet Kent
Received 5 Sept 2019Highway Land Off Watling Street Adjacent Wood Lane Bean Kent
Received 5 Sept 2019Stone Lodge Complex Cotton Lane Stone DA2 6PD
Received 5 Sept 2019Land At Drudgeon Farm School Lane Bean Kent DA2 8AP
Received 5 Sept 20199 Rainbow Gardens Dartford Kent DA1 5RF
Received 6 Sept 2019Beefs & Babes Gymnasium 217 London Road Stone Kent DA9 9DQ
Received 5 Sept 201954 Carlton Avenue Horns Cross Kent DA9 9DR
Received 6 Sept 2019144 Knockhall Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9EY
Received 9 Sept 201938 West View Road Dartford Kent DA1 1TR
Received 9 Sept 2019Acacia Hall High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DJ
Received 9 Sept 20191A North Road Dartford Kent DA1 3LS
Received 9 Sept 201948 Hill Rise Darenth Kent DA2 7HY
Received 9 Sept 2019175 Shepherds Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2PR
Received 10 Sept 2019Acacia Hall High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DJ
Received 29 Nov 2018Land At Ebbsfleet, Surrounding Ebbsfleet International Station Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8FJ
Received 9 Sept 2019Land At Ebbsfleet, Surrounding Ebbsfleet International Station Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8FJ
Received 9 Sept 2019Castle Hill Local Centre Cherry Orchard Castle Hill Ebbsfleet Valley Kent
Received 10 Sept 2019Stonepit 2 St James Lane Horns Cross Greenhithe Kent
Received 10 Sept 2019Royal Bank Of Scotland 1 - 2 Copperfields Dartford Kent DA1 2DE
Received 11 Sept 2019Royal Bank Of Scotland 1 - 2 Copperfields Dartford Kent DA1 2DE
Received 11 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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