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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.
7,010 approved · 1,074 refused · 393 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Sept 2014 to 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Jessamine Place Dartford Kent DA2 6EU
Received 27 Feb 20209 Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HS
Received 27 Feb 202031 James Clubb Way Dartford Kent DA1 1AL
Received 27 Feb 202063 James Road Dartford Kent DA1 3NE
Received 27 Feb 202098 Denver Road Dartford Kent DA1 3JT
Received 28 Feb 2020Creswick Nurseries Dartford Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HY
Received 28 Feb 2020Creswick Nurseries Dartford Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HY
Received 28 Feb 202098 Denver Road Dartford Kent DA1 3JT
Received 28 Feb 202032 Briar Road Bexley Kent DA5 2HN
Received 28 Feb 2020Footpath To Play Ground The Oval Longfield Kent
Received 28 Feb 2020Methodist Church Ship Lane Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EF
Received 28 Feb 202048 Rowan Crescent Dartford Kent DA1 2QX
Received 28 Feb 2020Davanden Kennels Cotton Lane Stone Kent DA9 9BB
Received 28 Feb 202038 Vimy Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5FJ
Received 2 Mar 202057 Eden Road Bexley Kent DA5 2EQ
Received 28 Feb 20208 The Maples Longfield Kent DA3 7JW
Received 28 Feb 20209 Hurlfield Wilmington Kent DA2 7BH
Received 2 Mar 202031 James Clubb Way Dartford Kent DA1 1AL
Received 2 Mar 202030 Cowdrey Court Dartford Kent DA1 2PL
Received 28 Feb 2020Portland Place Park Drive Longfield Kent
Received 27 Feb 2020Littlebrook Power Station Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5PT
Received 27 Feb 202049 Orchard Close Longfield Kent DA3 7JP
Received 3 Mar 202048A Main Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QZ
Received 3 Mar 202024 Tyndal Way Dartford Kent DA1 5SQ
Received 3 Mar 2020Records 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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