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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.
7,064 approved · 1,082 refused · 393 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Former Co-Op, 20-54 Hythe Street And 19-33 Spital Street, And Westgate Car Park Kent Road Dartford
Received 31 Mar 2020Land At Tiltman Avenue Greenhithe DA9 9XN
Received 31 Mar 202026 - 28 Westgate Road Dartford Kent DA1 2AN
Received 1 Apr 20202 York Road Dartford Kent DA1 1SG
Received 1 Apr 20202 York Road Dartford Kent DA1 1SG
Received 1 Apr 20206 Woodlea Longfield Kent DA3 7HX
Received 30 Mar 2020Salts Farm Depot Fawkham Road Longfield Kent DA3 7BJ
Received 1 Apr 2020The Barn Northview Nursery Clement Street Swanley Kent BR8 7PQ
Received 2 Apr 2020Alkerden Farm Alkerden Lane Swanscombe Kent DA9 9LR
Received 3 Apr 202028 Cowley Avenue Stone Kent DA9 9PJ
Received 3 Apr 2020Priory Works Depot Sandpit Road Dartford Kent DA1 5BP
Received 30 Mar 2020Priory Works Depot Sandpit Road Dartford Kent DA1 5BP
Received 30 Mar 2020Kent Cottage 4 Stock Lane Wilmington Kent
Received 6 Apr 202011 Kenwood Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7EX
Received 6 Apr 2020Land At Highfield House 2 - 4 West Hill And 74-76 Spital St Dartford
Received 6 Apr 2020High View New Barn Road Southfleet Kent DA3 7LT
Received 6 Apr 2020117 London Road Stone Kent DA2 6BA
Received 7 Apr 2020Railway Tavern Station Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QD
Received 7 Apr 2020Redundant Buildings Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 7 Apr 2020113 And 115 Havelock Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HZ
Received 8 Apr 2020296 Princes Road Dartford Kent DA1 2PZ
Received 8 Apr 2020Beck And Pollitzer Engineering Ltd Burnham Road Dartford DA1 5BD
Received 8 Apr 2020Sir John Franklin High Street Greenhithe Kent DA9 9NN
Received 9 Apr 2020Land South Of St Marys Road Stone Kent
Received 9 Apr 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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