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Dartford Borough Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Dartford Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates12,357Searchable applications
234Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 8,832 approved or refused records
1,152Refused applications
7,680 approved · 1,152 refused · 426 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning informationContact planning Solicitor enquiries and copy document requestsLocal plan Planning policyPre-application advice Advice and guidanceArticle 4 directions
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas6 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas6 mapped area records1 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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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.
More application records
- Decided21/00353/P3O
Application under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class O of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 as to whether prior approval is required for change of use from office (Class B1A) to residential (Class C3) to form 7 self-contained flats
First, Second And Third Floors 26 Lowfield Street Dartford Kent DA1 1HD
Received 5 Mar 2021 - Decided21/00354/FUL
Erection of a single storey detached outbuilding
9 Dene Close Wilmington Kent DA2 7ND
Received 8 Mar 2021 - Decided21/00355/FUL
Erection of a 5 bedroom house (revisions to planning permission DA/18/01430/FUL in respect of elevations as built)
Sunny Meadows 9 New Barn Road Longfield Kent DA3 7LQ
Received 8 Mar 2021 - Decided21/00356/FUL
Removal of existing two storey demountable office building and erection of single storey demountable office building.
TWA Water Works Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA2 8DH
Received 8 Mar 2021 - Decided21/00358/FUL
Conversion of attached garage to habitable room, erection of a single storey rear extension and windows replacement
19 Pilgrims View Greenhithe Kent DA9 9QB
Received 9 Mar 2021 - Decided21/00359/FUL
Erection of a part single/part two storey rear extension, first floor side extension and alteration to the fenestration of the principal elevation with the addition of small bay window to ground and first floor.
3 Heathclose Road Dartford Kent DA1 2PU
Received 9 Mar 2021 - Decided21/00361/ADV
Display of 4 x externally illuminated fascia signs, 3 x slimline trough lights, 1 x logo sign to bay window, 1 logo sign to west side elevation, 2 x externally lit hanging signs and brackets, 2 x amenity boards, 2 x lockable poster cases, 6 x LED floodlights, and 6 x low level up/down decorative lights to the front elevation (revised description).
17 Spital Street Dartford Kent DA1 2DJ
Received 9 Mar 2021 - Decided21/00362/LBC
Listed building consent for display of 4 x externally illuminated fascia signs, 3 x slimline trough lights, 1 x logo sign to bay window, 1 logo sign to west side elevation, 2 x externally lit hanging signs and brackets, 2 x amenity boards, 2 x lockable poster cases, 6 x LED floodlights, 6 x low level up/down decorative lights to the front elevation and painting of front and west side elevations and all joinery work (revised description).
17 Spital Street Dartford Kent DA1 2DJ
Received 9 Mar 2021 - Decided21/00364/PDE
Determination pursuant to Schedule 2, Part 1 (Class A.1 (g) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 as to whether prior approval is required for the erection of a single storey rear extension
19 Pilgrims View Greenhithe Kent DA9 9QB
Received 9 Mar 2021 - Decided21/00365/FUL
Erection of a 1.8m palisade fence and RADAR gate along the northern and eastern end of Ladywood Road (retrospective application)(revisions to previously approved planning permission DA/20/00765/VCON)
Land Between 96 And 119 Ladywood Road Darenth Kent
Received 9 Mar 2021 - Decided21/00366/FUL
Erection of a single storey rear/side extension
134 Hawley Road Dartford Kent DA1 1PT
Received 10 Mar 2021 - Decided21/00367/FUL
Removal of existing garden shed and erection of a detached outbuilding to provide Gym/storage unit
22 Seaton Road Dartford Kent DA1 3LB
Received 10 Mar 2021 - Decided21/00368/FUL
Demolition of existing rear conservatory and erection of a single storey rear extension
16 Moss Way Darenth Kent DA2 7JX
Received 10 Mar 2021 - Decided21/00369/FUL
Erection of an orangery to rear of property
21 Squires Way Wilmington Kent DA2 7NN
Received 10 Mar 2021 - Decided21/00370/COU
Change of use and conversion of existing shop premises (ground floor and basement) into 2 x 1 bed residential apartments. Associated alterations including to the front elevation.
25 West Hill Dartford Kent DA1 2EL
Received 10 Mar 2021 - Decided21/00371/LBC
Listed building consent for change of use and conversion of existing shop premises (ground floor and basement) into 2 x 1 bed residential apartments. Associated alterations including to the front elevation.
25 West Hill Dartford Kent DA1 2EL
Received 10 Mar 2021 - Decided21/00372/PDE
Determination pursuant to Schedule 2, Part 1 (Class A.1 (g) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 as to whether prior approval is required for the erection of a single storey rear extension
4 Longmarsh View Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9DY
Received 10 Mar 2021 - Decided21/00373/FUL
Erection of a single storey side extension
Wilmington Cottage Broad Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7AQ
Received 10 Mar 2021 - Decided21/00374/NONMAT
Non-material amendment following grant of planning permission DA/19/01515/FUL relating specifically to Condition 20, with regard to the timing of the design and implementation of improvement works to the south bound 'on-slip' at A282/M25 Jct 1a
Site Of Former Littlebrook Power Station Phase 2 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5PT
Received 10 Mar 2021 - Decided21/00375/FUL
Erection of a detached summerhouse (retrospective application)
57 Heath Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2QE
Received 11 Mar 2021 - Decided21/00376/EDCCON
Re-Consultation on an application for the discharge of condition 50 attached to planning permission reference no. EDC/16/0045 relating to a contaminated land closure report for Phase 2c, Phase 4 and the School site within Ebbsfleet Development Corporation
Northfleet West Sub Station Southfleet Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 10 Mar 2021 - Decided21/00377/FUL
Raising height of roof to create a traditional pitched roof design with provision of dormer window in east elevation, and roof lights in the south, east and west elevations in connection with providing additional rooms in the roof space
Downs Lodge Trollingdown Hill Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA2 6NR
Received 11 Mar 2021 - Decided21/00378/CDNA
Submission of details relating to condition 26 (travel plan) pursuant to outline planning permission DA/18/01074/OUT for the erection of an 8 No. form entry secondary school
Stone Lodge School Cotton Lane Stone Kent DA2 6PD
Received 11 Mar 2021 - Decided21/00379/FUL
Demolition of existing conservatory and erection of a single storey rear extension
9 Powell Avenue Darenth Kent DA2 6NT
Received 11 Mar 2021
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What these statistics cover
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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