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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 dates13,007Searchable applications
238Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 9,329 approved or refused records
1,221Refused applications
8,108 approved · 1,221 refused · 442 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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
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Conservation areas6 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas6 mapped area records1 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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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.
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More application records
- Decided21/00953/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
77 Brent Close Dartford Kent DA2 6DH
Received 16 Jun 2021 - Decided21/00956/FUL
Erection of a two storey side extension, part garage conversion and front porch
1 Helen Close Dartford Kent DA1 3JA
Received 21 Jun 2021 - Decided21/00957/CDNA
Submission of details relating to roller shutter door including acoustic information (condition 5) pursuant to planning permission DA/20/01031/FUL for erection of an extension and roof alterations to enlarge the workshop and to provide customer waiting area.
Monarch Autos 164 Milton Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0LX
Received 21 Jun 2021 - Decided21/00958/FUL
Erection of a single storey rear extension
17 Newbury Close Dartford Kent DA2 6AQ
Received 22 Jun 2021 - Decided21/00959/CDNA
Submission of details relating to the management of the approved B8 Use Class car and light goods vehicle storage use pursuant to condition 11 of planning permission DA/20/00475/COU for change of use of land and buildings to Use Class B8 (Storage & Distribution) (retrospective application)
Heathside Nursery Leyton Cross Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7AN
Received 22 Jun 2021 - Decided21/00960/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
172 Princes Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HR
Received 22 Jun 2021 - Decided21/00962/CDNA
Submission of details relating to tree replacement pursuant to condition 3 of planning permission DA/21/00021/TPO for T1. Mature Black Pine -(A) remove lowest limb overhanging driveway back to source (approx 200mm at base of branch), (B) reduce limb directly above A and the driveway by approx 1.5m - 2m to a suitable live secondary growing point, (C) reduce remaining extremely lateral branches overhanging the driveway at approx 2/3rds the height of tree by approx 1.5m to blend in with remaining crown sections to live secondary growing pints, (D) remove all significant deadwood and hung up branches from the remaining crown overhanging driveway: T2. Dead/severely declining Ivy covered Ash tree stem-fee to near ground level both subject to Tree Preservation Order No.1 1988
3 Garrow Longfield Kent DA3 7JN
Received 17 Jun 2021 - Decided21/00963/CDNA
Submission of details relating to tree replacement pursuant to condition 3 of planning permission DA/21/00522/TPO for 1 No. Holm Oak - fell to ground level subject to Tree Preservation Order No.1 1964
Withens Nursing Home Hook Green Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NQ
Received 15 Jun 2021 - Decided21/00964/FUL
Demolition of existing conservatory and erection of a single storey rear extension
9D Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HS
Received 14 Jun 2021 - Decided21/00966/P3Q
Application under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 as to whether prior approval is required for change of use and conversion of existing barn from agricultural building to provide a single residential dwelling with associated alterations to elevations. As well as associated parking provision.
The Barn Downs Farm Green Street Green Road Darenth Kent DA2 6NR
Received 22 Jun 2021 - Decided21/00967/CPO
Reconsultation of details of a construction environmental management plan pursuant to condition 9 of planning permission DA/19/1549
Bluewater Shopping Centre Upper Thames Walk Bluewater Greenhithe Kent
Received 22 Jun 2021 - Decided21/00968/FUL
Demolition of existing detached garage and erection of a one bedroom single storey detached dwelling with associated parking area
Adjacent 18 Fernheath Way Wilmington Kent DA2 7PF
Received 22 Jun 2021 - Decided21/00969/CDNA
Submission of details relating to sustainable drainage system pursuant to condition 12 of planning permission DA/19/00575/FUL for erection of a five storey building comprising 24 affordable shared ownership dwellings (to be delivered in substitution for Building 1, part of the development approved under application 17/02082/FUL) with associated, access, parking, amenity and landscaping.
Land South Of St Marys Road Stone Kent DA9 9AG
Received 22 Jun 2021 - Decided21/00971/FUL
Provision of a dormer windows in rear roof slope and rooflights in front roof slope in connection with providing additional rooms in the roof space
19 The Green Darenth Kent DA2 6JS
Received 21 Jun 2021 - Decided21/00972/FUL
Erection of a single storey extension to existing outbuilding
47 Wellcome Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 5JL
Received 23 Jun 2021 - Decided21/00973/CDNA
Submission of details relating to hard and soft landscaping pursuant to condition 7 of planning permission DA/19/01434/COU for change of use of land and buildings from plant and tool hire depot to vehicle hire and sales depot (sui generis), including vehicle parking, cycle parking, 4 No. lighting columns, jet wash screens and self-bunded fuel tank
Unit AA Butterly Avenue Questor Wilmington Kent DA1 1JG
Received 23 Jun 2021 - Decided21/00974/FUL
Demolition of existing conservatory and erection of a part two/part single storey rear extension and detached outbuilding
4 Lewis Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0JH
Received 23 Jun 2021 - Decided21/00976/OBB
Consultation on request for Scoping Opinion pursuant to Regulation 15 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 in respect of partial infilling of Blue Lake, formation of development platforms and vegetation clearance within Gravesham Borough Council
Blue Lake Thames Way Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 23 Jun 2021 - Decided21/00977/CDNA
Submission of details relating to landscaping pursuant to condition 4 of planning permission DA/20/01209/FUL for erection of a two storey rear/side extension to existing dwelling and erection of 1 No. new attached dwelling house, with associated bin storage and parking areas, including demolition of existing outbuildings
100 Fulwich Road Dartford Kent DA1 1UT
Received 18 Jun 2021 - Decided21/00978/FUL
Erection of new 3 bedroom dwelling with 2 parking spaces, demolition of existing garage.
39 Eton Way Dartford Kent DA1 5HL
Received 24 Jun 2021 - Decided21/00980/FUL
Erection of a single storey front extension and continuation of canopy over existing porch
65 Shearwater Longfield Kent DA3 7NL
Received 24 Jun 2021 - Decided21/00981/LDC
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for proposed removal of existing lean-to and erection of a single storey rear extension
The Moorings Station Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9PA
Received 24 Jun 2021 - Decided21/00984/FUL
Demolition of existing rear conservatory and erection of a two storey side extension, single storey rear extension and alterations to roof from hip to Gable for provision of dormer window with Juliette balcony in rear roof slope and roof lights in front roof slope in connection with providing additional rooms in the roof space
2 Hope Cottages Bean Lane Bean Kent DA2 8AZ
Received 24 Jun 2021 - Unknown21/00986/FUL
Demolition of existing buildings and re-development of the site to provide a total of 32 residential dwellings (Use Class C3) consisting of 17 No. 3 bed semi-detached and terraced houses and 15 No. 1, 2 and 3 bed flats. As well as the provision of associated infrastructure including a road extension / access road, footpaths, parking provision, refuse and bike store, pumping station, private and communal amenity space and ecological habitat areas.
Former Builders Yard Spring Vale Greenhithe DA9 9HA
Received 24 Jun 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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