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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.
7,392 approved · 1,117 refused · 409 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Teesdale Road Dartford Kent DA2 6LJ
Received 23 Dec 202018 Dartford Road Dartford Kent DA1 3DY
Received 23 Dec 2020North Kent College Oakfield Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2JT
Received 23 Dec 202093 Denver Road Dartford Kent DA1 3JU
Received 23 Dec 2020Maristow Church Walk Wilmington Kent DA2 7EL
Received 24 Dec 2020Block E Mill Pond Development Site Mill Pond Road Dartford Kent DA1 1BW
Received 24 Dec 202030 Pentstemon Drive Swanscombe Kent DA10 0NB
Received 29 Dec 2020Burnt Oak House, Lucky Stones And Wood At Great Mount Cottage Rowhill Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7QQ
Received 29 Dec 2020Land In Front Of 9 The Oaks Stone Dartford Kent DA2 6PF
Received 22 Dec 2020New Barn House New Barn Road Longfield Kent DA3 7JF
Received 22 Dec 2020Land In Front Of 10 The Oaks Stone Dartford Kent DA2 6PF
Received 22 Dec 202012 Chatsworth Road Dartford Kent DA1 5AT
Received 29 Dec 202012 Chatsworth Road Dartford Kent DA1 5AT
Received 29 Dec 2020Land At London Road And West Of Craylands Lane Craylands Lane Swanscombe Kent
Received 22 Dec 202044 Sussex Road Dartford Kent DA1 1SH
Received 23 Dec 2020125 Church Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0HE
Received 30 Dec 2020Former Magistrates Court Site/Probation And Witness Support 1A & 1C Highfield Road Dartford Kent DA1 2JH
Received 2 Jul 2020Former Magistrates Court Site/Probation And Witness Support 1A & 1C Highfield Road Dartford Kent DA1 2JH
Received 2 Jul 2020Former Magistrates Court Site/Probation And Witness Support 1A & 1C Highfield Road Dartford Kent DA1 2JH
Received 2 Jul 2020Former Magistrates Court Site/Probation And Witness Support 1A & 1C Highfield Road Dartford Kent DA1 2JH
Received 2 Jul 20208 Eskdale Close Darenth Kent DA2 6LA
Received 31 Dec 20202 Meadow Way Dartford Kent DA2 6AB
Received 31 Dec 20201 Angie Mews Dartford Kent DA1 5GY
Received 4 Jan 2021Ashirwad Bean Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9JB
Received 4 Jan 2021Records 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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