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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.
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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 dates12,611Searchable applications
234Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 9,035 approved or refused records
1,179Refused applications
7,856 approved · 1,179 refused · 428 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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More application records
- Decided21/00541/FUL
Erection of a single storey side extension
Southfleet Cricket Club New Barn Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9PU
Received 9 Apr 2021 - Decided21/00543/EDCCON
Partial discharge of condition 34 - Parts 2, 3 & 5 (contamination) pursuant to outline planning permission EDC/17/0048 in relation to development parcels in Alkerden Village (Parcels 3, 5a & 7) within Ebbsfleet Development Corporation
Parcels 3, 5A And 7 Alkerden Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 8 Apr 2021 - Unknown21/00544/FUL
Erection of a 4 storey side extension (including undercroft) to create an additional dwelling, internal staircase, moving of existing ramp forward and alteration to parking area.
115 Knockhall Road Greenhithe Kent
Received 9 Apr 2021 - Decided21/00546/FUL
Installation of 2 No. external air condenser units to side of Block A.
Block A-St Clements Valley London Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9HY
Received 9 Apr 2021 - Decided21/00547/FUL
Erection of a single storey rear/side extension
81 Great Queen Street Dartford Kent DA1 1TW
Received 9 Apr 2021 - Decided21/00548/FUL
Enclosure of ground floor open porch by the installation of 1 pair of double doors, Formation of enclosed glazed balcony at first floor by installation of windows and roof to existing balcony
11 Coopers Drive Dartford Kent DA2 7WS
Received 12 Apr 2021 - Decided21/00550/CDNA
Submission of details relating to semi mature tree planting pursuant to condition 15 of planning permission DA/20/00311/REM for the erection of commercial units with flexible use B1(c)/B2/B8 with associated office space and including diversion of existing footpath
The Bridge Plots 32 & 33 Marsh Street North Dartford Kent
Received 12 Apr 2021 - Decided21/00551/LDC
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for proposed erection of a single storey rear extension incorporating demolition of existing conservatory
The Manse Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA2 7HT
Received 12 Apr 2021 - Decided21/00552/FUL
Erection of a single storey extension to detached store room in rear garden to provide garage
25 Swaisland Road Dartford Kent DA1 3BX
Received 12 Apr 2021 - Decided21/00553/FUL
Erection of a single storey side/rear extension
The Manse Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA2 7HT
Received 12 Apr 2021 - Decided21/00554/VCON
Application for variation of condition 2 (approved drawings) of planning permission DA/19/01364/FUL in respect of raising the finished floor levels of the Artificial Grass Pitch (AGP) by between 90mm and 230mm. As well as the subsequent increase in the overall height of associated development (including the ball stop fencing and entrance gates, which form an enclosure around the AGP perimeter; the pitch barriers with entrance gates; hard-standing areas complete with associated porous asphalt surfacing for portable goals storage, pedestrian circulation and access as well as vehicular maintenance and emergency access; bollard lighting along pedestrian access, cricket nets to the north west corner of the AGP) by between 90mm and 230mm. Plus reducing height of the floodlights around AGP perimeter to 14.8m.
Bexley Sports And Social Club Calvert Drive Dartford Kent DA2 7GA
Received 13 Apr 2021 - Decided21/00555/FUL
Demolition of existing rear conservatory and erection of single storey rear extension
7 Windermere Close Dartford Kent DA1 2TX
Received 13 Apr 2021 - Decided21/00556/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
17 Newbury Close Dartford Kent DA2 6AQ
Received 13 Apr 2021 - Decided21/00557/CDNA
Submission of details relating to acoustic assessment pursuant to condition 6 of planning permission DA/18/00989/FUL for erection of two 3 bed semi-detached dwellings
Lads Of The Village Elizabeth Street Stone Greenhithe Kent DA9 9AT
Received 9 Mar 2021 - Decided21/00558/CDNA
Submission of details relating to land levels around trees and tree protection measures pursuant to condition 8 of planning permission DA/18/00989/FUL for erection of two 3 bed semi-detached dwellings
Lads Of The Village Elizabeth Street Stone Greenhithe Kent DA9 9AT
Received 9 Mar 2021 - Decided21/00559/CDNA
Submission of details relating to external materials pursuant to condition 9 of planning permission DA/18/00989/FUL for erection of two 3 bed semi-detached dwellings
Lads Of The Village Elizabeth Street Stone Greenhithe Kent DA9 9AT
Received 9 Mar 2021 - Unknown21/00561/CDNA
Submission of details relating to construction method statement pursuant to condition 11 of planning permission DA/18/00989/FUL for erection of two 3 bed semi-detached dwellings
Lads Of The Village Elizabeth Street Stone Greenhithe Kent DA9 9AT
Received 9 Mar 2021 - Decided21/00562/CDNA
Submission of details relating to external lighting pursuant to condition 12 of planning permission DA/18/00989/FUL for erection of two 3 bed semi-detached dwellings
Lads Of The Village Elizabeth Street Stone Greenhithe Kent DA9 9AT
Received 13 Apr 2021 - Decided21/00563/CDNA
Submission of details relating to storage and collection of waste and refuse (condition 13) and cycle storage (condition 18) pursuant to planning permission DA/18/00989/FUL for erection of two 3 bed semi-detached dwellings
Lads Of The Village Elizabeth Street Stone Greenhithe Kent DA9 9AT
Received 9 Mar 2021 - Decided21/00564/CDNA
Submission of details relating to bat/bird boxes pursuant to condition 15 of planning permission DA/18/00989/FUL for erection of two 3 bed semi-detached dwellings
Lads Of The Village Elizabeth Street Stone Greenhithe Kent DA9 9AT
Received 9 Mar 2021 - Decided21/00565/CDNA
Submission of details relating to landscaping pursuant to condition 16 of planning permission DA/18/00989/FUL for erection of two 3 bed semi-detached dwellings
Lads Of The Village Elizabeth Street Stone Greenhithe Kent DA9 9AT
Received 9 Mar 2021 - Decided21/00568/OBB
Consultation on an application for replacing existing timber windows and doors with new timber windows and doors within Sevenoaks District Council
The White House Holmesdale Hill South Darenth Kent DA4 9JR
Received 13 Apr 2021 - Decided21/00569/OBB
Consultation on an application for replacing existing timber windows and doors with new timber windows and doors within Sevenoaks District Council
The White House Holmesdale Hill South Darenth Kent DA4 9JR
Received 13 Apr 2021 - Decided21/00570/LDC
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for proposed dormer window in rear elevation and roof lights in front elevation in connection with providing additional rooms in the roof space
2 Austen Gardens Dartford Kent DA1 5EX
Received 13 Apr 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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