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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.
7,361 approved · 1,116 refused · 407 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
137 Wilmot Road Dartford Kent DA1 3BJ
Received 8 Dec 202034 Burnham Road Dartford Kent DA1 5AL
Received 9 Dec 202028 Havelock Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HX
Received 9 Dec 2020Land Adjacent 361 Princes Road Dartford Kent
Received 10 Dec 202011 Barker Fields Southfleet Kent DA13 9AL
Received 10 Dec 2020Phase 4 Former Northfleet West Sub Station Southfleet Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 9 Dec 202034 Fleet Road Dartford Kent DA2 6JE
Received 10 Dec 2020Along St Ronans View Dartford Kent DA1 1QD
Received 11 Dec 202017 Squires Way Wilmington Kent DA2 7NN
Received 11 Dec 2020189 Princes Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HP
Received 11 Dec 202013 Fernheath Way Wilmington Kent DA2 7PE
Received 11 Dec 202021 Keith Avenue Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HH
Received 14 Dec 2020Tesco Express Petrol 115 Dartford Road Dartford Kent DA1 3EN
Received 14 Dec 202062 Fleet Road Dartford Kent DA2 6JF
Received 14 Dec 2020191 Sheperds Lane Dartford DA1 2SPS
Received 14 Dec 2020176 Shepherds Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2PW
Received 14 Dec 202042 Hasted Close Greenhithe Kent DA9 9HT
Received 15 Dec 202044 Hasted Close Greenhithe Kent DA9 9HT
Received 15 Dec 202044 Hasted Close Greenhithe Kent DA9 9HT
Received 15 Dec 2020First, Second And Third Floors 43 High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DJ
Received 15 Dec 202011 Chapel Drive Dartford Kent DA2 6FF
Received 15 Dec 20202 Cherry Tree Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7AE
Received 15 Dec 20205 East Wing Chapel Drive Dartford Kent DA2 6FL
Received 15 Dec 202028 Shepherds Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2NU
Received 15 Dec 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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