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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.
8,042 approved · 1,212 refused · 440 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Sept 2013 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 24 May 2021Court Wood House New Barn Road Longfield DA3 7LT
Received 24 May 202113 Christchurch Road Dartford Kent DA1 3DH
Received 24 May 20218 Bronte Grove Dartford Kent DA1 5EU
Received 24 May 20216 Bronte Grove Dartford Kent DA1 5EU
Received 24 May 2021152 St Vincents Road Dartford Kent DA1 1UX
Received 25 May 202128 Northdown Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QW
Received 25 May 2021Outside 35 Cameron Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5GN
Received 25 May 2021White Gates & Wilton Lodge New Barn Road Longfield Kent DA3 7LG
Received 25 May 2021Lumbersland Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HD
Received 25 May 2021Honey Cottage Southfleet Road Bean Kent DA2 8BS
Received 26 May 2021Honey Cottage Southfleet Road Bean Kent DA2 8BS
Received 26 May 2021St Albans Church Hall St Albans Road Dartford Kent DA1 1TY
Received 26 May 202157 Miskin Road Dartford Kent DA1 2LX
Received 26 May 2021Cheers Dental Practice 23 High Street Swanscombe Kent DA10 0AG
Received 27 May 202128 Heathview Crescent Dartford Kent DA1 2PJ
Received 27 May 20211 Fernheath Way Wilmington DA2 7PE
Received 27 May 202113 The Close Wilmington Kent DA2 7ES
Received 27 May 2021The Bridge Plot 34 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent
Received 27 May 2021123A Milton Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0LS
Received 27 May 202189 Cedar Drive Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EW
Received 27 May 202137 Taylor Row Wilmington Kent DA2 7DU
Received 27 May 2021Phase 3B Land East Of Lowfield Street Dartford Kent
Received 27 May 2021Phase 3B Land East Of Lowfield Street Dartford Kent
Received 27 May 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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