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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.
7,185 approved · 1,094 refused · 396 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Hartley Road Longfield Kent DA3 7PE
Received 15 Jul 20209 Bentley Close Longfield Kent DA3 7LJ
Received 15 Jul 202058 Page Close Bean Kent DA2 8BX
Received 15 Jul 202016 Steele Avenue Greenhithe Kent DA9 9PH
Received 15 Jul 202054 Charles Street Stone Kent DA9 9AQ
Received 15 Jul 2020310 Lowfield Street Dartford Kent DA1 1LH
Received 16 Jul 20201 Priory Hill Dartford Kent DA1 2BD
Received 16 Jul 2020Barnhurst New Barn Road Longfield Kent DA3 7JB
Received 16 Jul 2020Site Of Former 44 Priory Hill Dartford Kent
Received 16 Jul 2020100 Fulwich Road Dartford Kent DA1 1UT
Received 16 Jul 202015 Larch Road Dartford Kent DA1 2LE
Received 16 Jul 202064 Milton Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0LY
Received 17 Jul 2020Wilmington Grammar School For Girls Parsons Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7BB
Received 17 Jul 2020122A Knockhall Chase Greenhithe Kent DA9 9EN
Received 17 Jul 2020Serena Memorial Hall 396 Princes Road Dartford Kent DA1 1LA
Received 17 Jul 20201 Appleton Drive Wilmington Kent DA2 7EN
Received 17 Jul 2020Littlebrook Power Station Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5PT
Received 20 Jul 2020Dale Villa Dale Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NX
Received 20 Jul 202023 Caspian Way Swanscombe Kent DA10 0LB
Received 20 Jul 202023 Caspian Way Swanscombe Kent DA10 0LB
Received 20 Jul 2020Land Rear Of 150-160 Milton Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 20 Jul 202035 West Hill Dartford Kent DA1 2EL
Received 20 Jul 2020Block Of Lock-Up Garages Rear Of Keary Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 20 Jul 2020Former Council Depot Mead Crescent Dartford Kent DA1 2SH
Received 20 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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