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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.
7,224 approved · 1,101 refused · 396 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
83 Water Mill Way Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9BE
Received 28 Sept 2020285 Lowfield Street Dartford Kent DA1 1LB
Received 28 Sept 2020Land Rear Of 39-41 Brentfield Road Dartford Kent
Received 28 Sept 202034 Edwin Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7DJ
Received 28 Sept 2020Ingress Abbey Prioress Crescent Greenhithe Kent DA9 9UR
Received 28 Sept 20207 Paper Mill Lane Dartford Kent DA1 5BF
Received 29 Sept 2020Former The Foresters 235 High Road Wilmington Kent
Received 29 Sept 2020Former The Foresters 235 High Road Wilmington Kent
Received 29 Sept 2020Land Rear Of 39-41 Brentfield Road Dartford Kent
Received 28 Sept 2020Land Rear Of 39-41 Brentfield Road Dartford Kent
Received 28 Sept 20209 Giles Drive Castle Hill Ebbsfleet Valley Kent DA10 1BZ
Received 29 Sept 2020Unit 1 Clipper Boulevard Dartford Kent DA2 6QB
Received 29 Sept 2020Stonepit 2 (London Road Access Only) St James Lane Horns Cross Greenhithe Kent
Received 25 Sept 2020Stonepit 2 (London Road Access Only) St James Lane Horns Cross Greenhithe Kent
Received 25 Sept 2020Stonepit 2 (London Road Access Only) St James Lane Horns Cross Greenhithe Kent
Received 25 Sept 2020Stonepit 2 (London Road Access Only) St James Lane Horns Cross Greenhithe Kent
Received 25 Sept 2020Stonepit 2 (London Road Access Only) St James Lane Horns Cross Greenhithe Kent
Received 25 Sept 2020Stonepit 2 (London Road Access Only) St James Lane Horns Cross Greenhithe Kent
Received 25 Sept 2020Stonepit 2 (London Road Access Only) St James Lane Horns Cross Greenhithe Kent
Received 25 Sept 2020Stonepit 2 (London Road Access Only) St James Lane Horns Cross Greenhithe Kent
Received 25 Sept 2020Lola's Cafe 6 The Parade High Street Swanscombe Kent DA10 0AJ
Received 1 Oct 2020Former The Foresters 235 High Road Wilmington Kent
Received 29 Sept 2020Former The Foresters 235 High Road Wilmington Kent
Received 29 Sept 2020Former The Foresters 235 High Road Wilmington Kent
Received 29 Sept 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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