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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.
7,208 approved · 1,097 refused · 396 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
67 - 69 High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DJ
Received 17 Aug 2020Halo Site Albion Road Dartford Kent
Received 18 Aug 202022 Pincroft Wood Longfield Kent DA3 7HB
Received 18 Aug 20209 Ivy Villas Station Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9NE
Received 19 Aug 202030 Longfield Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7LE
Received 19 Aug 202036 Abbey Drive Dartford Kent DA2 7WP
Received 19 Aug 2020Outside 8-29 Capability Way Greenhithe Kent
Received 18 Aug 2020Junction Of The Boulevard/Ingress Park Avenue And Lightermans Way And Eliza Cook Close Greenhithe Kent
Received 18 Aug 2020Adjacent 15 Bere Close Greenhithe Kent DA9 9XD
Received 18 Aug 2020Portland Place Greenhithe Kent
Received 18 Aug 202032 Dykewood Close Bexley Kent DA5 2JN
Received 19 Aug 202070 Hawley Road Dartford Kent DA1 1PA
Received 19 Aug 202033 Havelock Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HY
Received 20 Aug 20209 Saxon Road Hawley Kent DA2 7SH
Received 20 Aug 202011 Christchurch Road Dartford Kent DA1 3DH
Received 20 Aug 202036 Gore Road Darenth Kent DA2 6LT
Received 20 Aug 2020Along Hart Shaw Longfield Kent
Received 20 Aug 202070 Hawley Road Dartford Kent DA1 1PA
Received 20 Aug 202071 Broomfield Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0LU
Received 18 Aug 2020Land Junction Hawley Road/ Powder Mill Lane/Adjacent Greenbanks Wilmington Kent
Received 21 Aug 202021 St Marys Way Longfield Kent DA3 7PD
Received 21 Aug 202043 Faesten Way Bexley Kent DA5 2JB
Received 21 Aug 202010 Joydens Wood Road Bexley Kent DA5 2HR
Received 24 Aug 202046 Squires Way Wilmington Kent DA2 7NW
Received 24 Aug 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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