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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.
7,712 approved · 1,155 refused · 426 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
27 Baldwyns Park Bexley Kent DA5 2BE
Received 11 Mar 2021Phase 3B Land East Of Lowfield Street Dartford Kent
Received 12 Mar 2021St Marys Church Hall Church Hill Stone Kent DA9 9BP
Received 12 Mar 202111 Williams Way Dartford Kent DA2 7WF
Received 12 Mar 202123 Abbey Drive Dartford Kent DA2 7WP
Received 12 Mar 20216 Lingfield Avenue Dartford Kent DA2 6AH
Received 15 Mar 202131 Cedar Road Dartford Kent DA1 2SF
Received 15 Mar 202139 Pinewood Place Dartford Kent DA2 7WN
Received 15 Mar 20213 The Hollies Longfield Kent DA3 7HU
Received 16 Mar 20214 The Hollies Longfield Kent DA3 7HU
Received 16 Mar 2021Kymin 12 Weird Wood Longfield Kent DA3 7HT
Received 16 Mar 2021Outside 78 Ingress Park Avenue Greenhithe Kent
Received 16 Mar 202137 King Edward Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 2HZ
Received 16 Mar 202123 Kemsley Close Greenhithe Kent DA9 9LS
Received 16 Mar 202141A Cedar Drive Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EW
Received 16 Mar 2021St Marys Church Hall Church Hill Stone Kent DA9 9BP
Received 12 Mar 202110 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HE
Received 16 Mar 202114 - 18 Lowfield Street/24 Market Street Dartford Kent
Received 16 Mar 202168 Swanscombe Street Swanscombe Kent DA10 0BW
Received 16 Mar 2021123A Milton Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0LS
Received 16 Mar 2021125A Milton Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0LS
Received 16 Mar 2021B&Q Unit 1 Prospect Place Dartford Kent DA1 1DY
Received 16 Mar 202164 Joydens Wood Road Bexley Kent DA5 2HT
Received 17 Mar 2021Land To East Of M25 South Of Clement Street/west Of Church Road Kent
Received 17 Mar 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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