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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.
7,817 approved · 1,176 refused · 428 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Third Floor Banks Place Market Place Dartford Kent DA1 1EX
Received 26 Mar 2021Second Floor Banks Place Market Place Dartford Kent DA1 1EX
Received 26 Mar 2021105 Main Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HQ
Received 30 Mar 2021Alkerden Gateway (Parcel 7) Alkerden Village Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 25 Mar 202134 Bow Arrow Lane Stone Kent DA2 6PA
Received 30 Mar 20211-5 Market Place & 1 Market Street Dartford Kent DA1 1EX
Received 30 Mar 2021190 Coombfield Drive Darenth Kent DA2 7LH
Received 31 Mar 202110 Dovedale Road Dartford Kent DA2 6JJ
Received 31 Mar 2021Hunters Ridge Southfleet Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7JQ
Received 31 Mar 2021Entrance To Monk Orchard Wilmington Kent
Received 31 Mar 202125 Powell Avenue Darenth Kent DA2 6NT
Received 26 Mar 2021Darent Valley Hospital Darenth Wood Road Darenth Kent DA2 8DA
Received 31 Mar 20212 Robinson Way Northfleet Kent DA11 9AB
Received 1 Apr 202131 Coombfield Drive Darenth Kent DA2 7LE
Received 1 Apr 20218 Abbey Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9HD
Received 1 Apr 202121 Bentley Close Longfield Kent DA3 7LJ
Received 1 Apr 202123 Chalet Close Bexley Kent DA5 2EZ
Received 1 Apr 2021St Marys Church Hall Church Hill Stone Kent DA9 9BP
Received 1 Apr 2021Land Adjacent The Lodges (Gantry Place) Cotton Lane Stone Kent
Received 1 Apr 2021224 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HA
Received 1 Apr 202185 Joydens Wood Road Bexley Kent DA5 2HZ
Received 1 Apr 2021Land To Immediate North Of And Adjacent To Eastbound Fastrack Stop 5 The Bridge Dartford Kent
Received 6 Apr 20215 Eliza Cook Close Greenhithe Kent DA9 9GD
Received 6 Apr 202112 Gainsborough Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 3AS
Received 6 Apr 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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