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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.
7,122 approved · 1,088 refused · 395 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Stone Pit 2 St James Lane Horns Cross Greenhithe Kent
Received 5 May 2020Land At Western Car Park Bluewater Shopping Centre
Received 7 May 2020Darenth Road Quarry Darenth Road Dartford Kent
Received 7 May 2020Dunwich Red Street Southfleet DA13 9QL
Received 7 May 2020Electricity Sub Station Adjacent 205 London Road Stone DA2 6BL
Received 11 May 2020Birdswood Rowhill Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7QQ
Received 11 May 2020Haylands New Barn Road Southfleet Kent DA3 7LT
Received 11 May 20201 Sinclair Way Darenth Kent DA2 7JS
Received 11 May 2020Open Space Adjacent 56 Martin Drive Dartford Kent
Received 11 May 2020Friary Court Hook Green Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NQ
Received 12 May 202019 Ruskin Grove Dartford Kent DA1 5DD
Received 12 May 202020 Hallford Way Dartford Kent DA1 3AF
Received 12 May 2020157 High Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7DP
Received 12 May 2020157 High Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7DP
Received 12 May 2020Land North Of Railway Line Station Road Greenhithe Kent
Received 12 May 202095 Main Road Longfield Kent DA3 7PQ
Received 12 May 20201C-1D Heath Street Dartford Kent DA1 2LD
Received 13 May 2020Lads Of The Village Elizabeth Street Stone Greenhithe Kent DA9 9AT
Received 14 May 20208 Northview Cottages Clement Street Swanley Kent BR8 7PH
Received 14 May 2020178 Shepherds Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2PW
Received 14 May 202022 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HE
Received 13 May 202047 Shepherds Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2NL
Received 14 May 2020Alkerden Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 14 May 202030 The Close Wilmington Kent DA2 7ES
Received 15 May 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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