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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.
7,885 approved · 1,183 refused · 430 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 King Edward Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 2HZ
Received 14 Apr 20214 St Johns Road Dartford Kent DA2 6BG
Received 13 Apr 20213 Little Queen Street Dartford Kent DA1 1TL
Received 14 Apr 202163 Keyes Road Dartford Kent DA1 5EW
Received 15 Apr 20219A Rowans Close Longfield Kent DA3 7QU
Received 15 Apr 2021Former Magistrates Court Site/Probation And Witness Support 1A & 1C Highfield Road Dartford Kent DA1 2JH
Received 13 Apr 202149 Chastilian Road Dartford Kent DA1 3JR
Received 15 Apr 202110 The Chenies Wilmington Kent DA2 7NP
Received 15 Apr 2021Littlebrook Power Station Phase 2 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5PT
Received 16 Apr 2021Littlebrook Power Station Phase 2 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5PT
Received 16 Apr 2021Littlebrook Power Station Phase 2 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5PT
Received 16 Apr 20217 Fairlight Cross Longfield Kent DA3 7JD
Received 15 Apr 202126 Castleridge Drive Greenhithe Kent DA9 9WT
Received 16 Apr 2021Weetwood 93 Tile Kiln Lane Bexley Kent DA5 2BD
Received 16 Apr 2021Bus Shelter 3203-0024 London Road Opp 54 Bevis Close Dartford DA2 6HB
Received 19 Apr 202136 Denver Road Dartford Kent DA1 3JS
Received 19 Apr 202110 Chave Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7ED
Received 19 Apr 202110 Chave Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7ED
Received 19 Apr 20211 The Laurels Longfield Kent DA3 7HH
Received 19 Apr 202197 Highcross Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9PH
Received 19 Apr 2021102 Church Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0HJ
Received 19 Apr 202122 North Road Dartford Kent DA1 3NA
Received 19 Apr 202123 Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent DA5 2EB
Received 19 Apr 2021Acacia Hall High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DJ
Received 19 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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