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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.
7,273 approved · 1,105 refused · 399 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Sept 2014 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Clayton Croft Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7AU
Received 9 Nov 202062 Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HE
Received 9 Nov 202010 Denver Road Dartford Kent DA1 3JS
Received 9 Nov 20202 Lambert Mews Southfleet Kent DA13 9AN
Received 9 Nov 2020230 Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent DA2 7PB
Received 9 Nov 20202 Rowlatt Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7PS
Received 9 Nov 202013 Starling Close Longfield Kent DA3 7NP
Received 9 Nov 2020133 Main Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HQ
Received 9 Nov 202053 Watling Street Dartford Kent DA1 1RW
Received 9 Nov 202053 Watling Street Dartford Kent DA1 1RW
Received 10 Nov 2020Northfleet West Sub Station Southfleet Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 9 Nov 202060 Essex Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QL
Received 10 Nov 2020Northfleet West Sub Station Southfleet Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 10 Nov 2020UCC Coffee Riverside Way Dartford Kent DA1 5BS
Received 10 Nov 2020UCC Coffee Riverside Way Dartford Kent DA1 5BS
Received 10 Nov 2020Norton House Parsons Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7BB
Received 11 Nov 2020Unit AA Butterly Avenue Questor Wilmington Kent DA1 1JG
Received 11 Nov 20209A Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HS
Received 11 Nov 202015 Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HS
Received 8 Nov 20208 Barnfield Close Longfield Kent DA3 7HP
Received 11 Nov 2020Bluewater Shopping Centre Upper Thames Walk Bluewater Greenhithe Kent
Received 10 Nov 2020Nurstead Hill Farm Nurstead Lane Longfield Kent
Received 11 Nov 2020Third Floor Banks Place Market Place Dartford Kent DA1 1EX
Received 11 Nov 202049 Orchard Close Longfield Kent DA3 7JP
Received 11 Nov 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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