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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.
7,743 approved · 1,161 refused · 428 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
48 North Road Dartford Kent DA1 3NB
Received 17 Mar 202149 Park Road Dartford Kent DA1 1ST
Received 17 Mar 2021Wyvern 14 Stock Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7BY
Received 17 Mar 202116 Heathclose Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 2PH
Received 17 Mar 2021Hangloose Adventure Bluewater Parkway Dartford Kent
Received 17 Mar 2021Formerly Two Brewers 33 Lowfield Street Dartford Kent DA1 1EW
Received 17 Mar 2021Formerly Two Brewers 33 Lowfield Street Dartford Kent DA1 1EW
Received 17 Mar 2021Land At Princes Road Dartford Kent
Received 17 Mar 2021Sunnyside Westwood Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9LZ
Received 18 Mar 202120 Deerhurst Close Longfield Kent DA3 7LL
Received 18 Mar 2021Hangloose Adventure Bluewater Parkway Dartford Kent
Received 17 Mar 2021St Marys Church Hall Church Hill Stone DA9 9BP
Received 18 Mar 202178 Priory Road Dartford Kent DA1 2BS
Received 19 Mar 2021The Bridge Plots 32 & 33 Marsh Street North Dartford Kent
Received 19 Mar 2021The Orchards 10 The Coppice Bexley Kent DA5 2EA
Received 19 Mar 2021Dartford Football Club Stadium Princes Park Grassbanks Dartford Kent DA1 1RT
Received 19 Mar 202142 Bedford Road Dartford Kent DA1 1SR
Received 19 Mar 202159 Squires Way Wilmington Kent DA2 7NN
Received 19 Mar 20216 Barnfield Close Longfield Kent DA3 7HP
Received 22 Mar 202140 Bedford Road Dartford Kent DA1 1SR
Received 22 Mar 202111 The Old Yews Longfield Kent DA3 7JS
Received 22 Mar 202125 Landale Gardens Dartford Kent DA1 2QB
Received 22 Mar 202120 Sycamore Road Dartford Kent DA1 2QS
Received 22 Mar 202120 Ingress Park Avenue Greenhithe Kent DA9 9XJ
Received 22 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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