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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.
7,161 approved · 1,093 refused · 396 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Pavement Outside 140 St Vincents Road Dartford Kent DA1 1XE
Received 6 Jul 202016 Eleanor Close Dartford Kent DA1 5GQ
Received 6 Jul 202090 Berkeley Crescent Dartford Kent DA1 1NH
Received 6 Jul 202027 Barker Fields Southfleet Kent DA13 9AL
Received 6 Jul 202029 Hardy Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 2FE
Received 6 Jul 2020Prospect Place Shellbank Lane Bean Kent DA2 8AX
Received 3 Jul 202018 The Crescent Greenhithe Kent DA9 9EP
Received 6 Jul 2020Outside 19 Maiden Lane Dartford Kent DA1 4AE
Received 7 Jul 2020Former Magistrates Court Site/Probation And Witness Support 1A & 1C Highfield Road Dartford Kent DA1 2JH
Received 2 Jul 202093 Spurrell Avenue Bexley Kent DA5 2EX
Received 7 Jul 202012 The Gables Longfield Kent DA3 7LR
Received 7 Jul 202019 Fawkham Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QP
Received 6 Jul 2020Adjacent 31 School Lane Bean Kent DA2 8AL
Received 7 Jul 20202 Church Field Wilmington Kent DA2 7EJ
Received 8 Jul 20209 The Boulevard Greenhithe Kent DA9 9GS
Received 8 Jul 202033 Carrington Road Dartford Kent DA1 1XN
Received 8 Jul 2020103 Heath Road Crayford Kent DA1 3NR
Received 8 Jul 2020The Ship Red Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9NS
Received 8 Jul 202035 Henderson Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5LF
Received 9 Jul 202031 Harold Road Hawley Kent DA2 7SA
Received 9 Jul 202078 Lunedale Road Dartford Kent DA2 6LN
Received 9 Jul 20203 The Close Wilmington Kent DA2 7ES
Received 9 Jul 202056 Martin Drive Dartford Kent DA2 6BF
Received 10 Jul 2020101 Tredegar Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7AS
Received 10 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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