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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.
7,322 approved · 1,110 refused · 404 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
52 Maiden Lane Dartford Kent DA1 4AG
Received 24 Nov 2020Hazelwood Rowhill Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7QQ
Received 25 Nov 2020Asda RDC Unit 8 Galleon Boulevard Crossways Business Park Dartford Kent DA2 6QR
Received 25 Nov 2020Abbot Murex Biotech Building 75 Lower Hythe Street Dartford Kent DA1 1BN
Received 24 Nov 202055 Howard Road Dartford Kent DA1 1XS
Received 25 Nov 2020Former Croxton And Garry Site Tiltman Avenue Greenhithe Kent
Received 24 Nov 2020Ground, First And Second Floors 22 High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1BY
Received 25 Nov 2020Littlebrook Power Station Phase 2 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5PT
Received 26 Nov 2020Littlebrook Power Station Phase 1 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5PT
Received 26 Nov 202057 Pinewood Place Dartford Kent DA2 7WN
Received 26 Nov 2020Land Rear Of 165 - 173 Hawley Road Dartford Kent
Received 26 Nov 2020Car Park D Ebbsfleet International Station International Way Ebbsfleet Valley Kent
Received 17 Nov 2020Car Park D Ebbsfleet International Station International Way Ebbsfleet Valley Kent
Received 17 Nov 2020Unit 8 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5FD
Received 26 Nov 2020Former Croxton And Garry Site Tiltman Avenue Greenhithe Kent
Received 26 Nov 2020Zone B (orbital) Prologis Littlebrook DC2 Shield Road Dartford Kent DA1 5UR
Received 26 Nov 202018 Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent DA5 2HP
Received 27 Nov 202081 Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent DA5 2EF
Received 27 Nov 2020UCC Coffee Riverside Way Dartford Kent DA1 5BS
Received 27 Nov 202015 High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DT
Received 27 Nov 202019 The Laurels Longfield Kent DA3 7HH
Received 27 Nov 2020Ashmeads 20 Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HF
Received 27 Nov 2020Littlebrook Power Station Phase 2 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5PT
Received 26 Nov 202072 - 80 East Hill Dartford Kent DA1 1RZ
Received 27 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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