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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.
7,591 approved · 1,139 refused · 419 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Walkley Road Dartford Kent DA1 3BH
Received 15 Feb 202110 Red Lodge Road Bexley Kent DA5 2JW
Received 16 Feb 202185 Hedge Place Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9JY
Received 10 Feb 202116 Bradbrook Drive Longfield Kent DA3 7BF
Received 16 Feb 202144 Joydens Wood Road Bexley Kent DA5 2HT
Received 17 Feb 20219A Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HS
Received 17 Feb 202137 Heathview Crescent Dartford Kent DA1 2PJ
Received 18 Feb 202137 Heathview Crescent Dartford Kent DA1 2PJ
Received 18 Feb 202153 Watling Street Dartford Kent DA1 1RW
Received 18 Feb 202153 Watling Street Dartford Kent DA1 1RW
Received 18 Feb 20213 Eliza Cook Close Greenhithe Kent DA9 9GD
Received 18 Feb 202134 Tennyson Road Dartford Kent DA1 5DJ
Received 18 Feb 202112 Coombfield Drive Darenth Kent DA2 7LQ
Received 19 Feb 2021106 Kirby Road Dartford Kent DA2 6HA
Received 19 Feb 202127 Banbury Villas Hook Green Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NF
Received 22 Feb 202123 Squires Way Wilmington Kent DA2 7NN
Received 22 Feb 20212 Darenth Place Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA2 7JG
Received 22 Feb 202135 Abbey Drive Dartford Kent DA2 7WP
Received 22 Feb 20217 Tollgate Road Dartford Kent DA2 6BS
Received 22 Feb 2021117 Knockhall Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9EY
Received 22 Feb 202154 Teesdale Road Dartford Kent DA2 6LD
Received 22 Feb 20216 Tredegar Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7AZ
Received 22 Feb 20213 Curates Walk Wilmington Kent DA2 7BJ
Received 23 Feb 202123 Larch Road Dartford Kent DA1 2LF
Received 23 Feb 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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