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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.
7,160 approved · 1,093 refused · 396 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Stone Lodge Complex Cotton Lane Stone Kent
Received 29 Jun 202083 Castleridge Drive Greenhithe Kent DA9 9WR
Received 29 Jun 202028 Gloucester Road Dartford Kent DA1 3DJ
Received 29 Jun 202030 James Road Dartford Kent DA1 3NF
Received 30 Jun 2020Dartford Football Club Stadium Princes Park Grassbanks Dartford Kent DA1 1RT
Received 30 Jun 20209 Childs Crescent Swanscombe Kent DA10 0EA
Received 30 Jun 202033 Abbey Drive Dartford Kent DA2 7WP
Received 30 Jun 2020Ground Floor North Wing Riverbridge House Admirals Park Anchor Boulevard Dartford Kent DA2 6SL
Received 30 Jun 202029 Moore Close Darenth Kent DA2 6NN
Received 1 Jul 202081 North Road Dartford Kent DA1 3ND
Received 30 Jun 2020Wilmington Grammar School For Boys Common Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7DA
Received 1 Jul 202010 Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HF
Received 1 Jul 2020Land Between 96 And 119 Ladywood Road Darenth Kent
Received 1 Jul 2020Stone Lodge Complex Cotton Lane Stone Kent
Received 14 Apr 2020Former Magistrates Court Site/Probation And Witness Support 1A & 1C Highfield Road Dartford Kent DA1 2JH
Received 2 Jul 2020The Stables Station Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9BA
Received 25 Jun 202036 - 40 Heath Street Dartford Kent DA1 2LD
Received 2 Jul 20201 Woodward Terrace Horns Cross Greenhithe Kent DA9 9DD
Received 2 Jul 2020Former Magistrates Court Site/Probation And Witness Support 1A & 1C Highfield Road Dartford Kent DA1 2JH
Received 2 Jul 2020199 Station Road Crayford Dartford Kent DA1 3QF
Received 3 Jul 2020Former Croxton & Garry Site Tiltman Avenue Greenhithe Kent
Received 2 Jul 202036 Chestnut Grove Wilmington Kent DA2 7PG
Received 3 Jul 2020Prospect Place Shellbank Lane Bean DA2 8AX
Received 3 Jul 202022 Fleet Road Dartford Kent DA2 6JE
Received 6 Jul 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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