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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.
7,134 approved · 1,092 refused · 396 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Festival Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HR
Received 20 May 2020Land At Dartford International Ferry Terminal Clipper Boulevard Dartford
Received 20 May 202013 Broad Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7AQ
Received 21 May 202021 Longfield Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7LE
Received 21 May 2020Major Space Unit 7 (MSU7) West Village & Service Yards 5, 8 And 12 Bluewater
Received 21 May 2020West Hill Care Home Constance Grove Dartford Kent DA1 2GA
Received 21 May 2020West Hill Care Home Constance Grove Dartford Kent DA1 2GA
Received 21 May 20209 Heathwood Walk Bexley Kent DA5 2BP
Received 21 May 2020180 Shirehall Road Hawley Kent DA2 7SW
Received 22 May 2020Darenth Road Quarry Darenth Road Dartford Kent
Received 22 May 202029 Chartwell Lane Longfield Kent DA3 7AY
Received 26 May 20204 St Marys Way Longfield Kent DA3 7PD
Received 26 May 2020Former Croxton And Garry Site Tiltman Avenue Greenhithe Kent
Received 21 May 202028 Fairlight Cross Longfield Kent DA3 7JD
Received 26 May 2020Winners Chapel Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA1 1QE
Received 26 May 2020Land North Of Rainbow Gardens And Binnie Road Dartford Kent
Received 26 May 202023 Morland Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 3BW
Received 27 May 2020Darenth Road Quarry Darenth Road Dartford Kent
Received 22 May 2020Darenth Road Quarry Darenth Road Dartford Kent
Received 22 May 202024 The Terraces Dartford Kent DA2 6BX
Received 27 May 20202 York Road Dartford Kent DA1 1SG
Received 27 May 2020185 Wilmot Road Dartford Kent DA1 3BP
Received 27 May 2020Stone Lodge Development Complex Cotton Lane Stone Kent
Received 28 May 202017 Eleanor Close Dartford Kent DA1 5GQ
Received 28 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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