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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.
7,791 approved · 1,172 refused · 428 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Sept 2013 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Portland Place Greenhithe Kent
Received 26 Mar 20212A Stonehill Woods Park Old London Road Upper Ruxley Sidcup Kent DA14 5AS
Received 26 Mar 202126 Ethelbert Road Hawley Kent DA2 7SJ
Received 26 Mar 2021Ashlea Main Road Longfield Kent DA3 7AS
Received 26 Mar 202145 Lewis Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0JH
Received 26 Mar 202156 Miskin Road Dartford Kent DA1 2LS
Received 26 Mar 2021The Brackens Rowhill Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7QQ
Received 26 Mar 202113 Ethelbert Road Hawley Kent DA2 7SJ
Received 26 Mar 2021Mr Shawarma 48 Spital Street Dartford Kent DA1 2DT
Received 26 Mar 202166 St Johns Road Dartford Kent DA2 6BG
Received 29 Mar 2021297 Princes Road Dartford Kent DA1 2PY
Received 29 Mar 20213 - 3A Hythe Street Dartford Kent DA1 1BE
Received 29 Mar 202119 The Green Darenth Kent DA2 6JS
Received 29 Mar 2021349 Watling Street Dartford Kent DA2 6EP
Received 29 Mar 2021East Side Of Ingress Park Greenhithe Kent
Received 29 Mar 2021Central Area Of Ingress Park Greenhithe Kent
Received 29 Mar 2021West Side Of Ingress Park Greenhithe Kent
Received 29 Mar 2021Danetre Warren Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NN
Received 29 Mar 2021Land Rear Of 39-41 Brentfield Road Dartford Kent
Received 29 Mar 202191 Coombfield Drive Darenth Kent DA2 7LE
Received 29 Mar 2021194 Princes Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HR
Received 29 Mar 2021Anchorage The Drive Longfield Kent DA3 7LX
Received 30 Mar 2021The Hawthorns 13 Taylor Row Wilmington Kent DA2 7DU
Received 30 Mar 202151 Oakfield Park Road Wilmington Kent DA1 2SR
Received 26 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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