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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.
8,166 approved · 1,230 refused · 445 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
13 Sweyne Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0JA
Received 1 Jul 2021Littlebrook Power Station Phase 2 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5PT
Received 2 Jul 2021Littlebrook Power Station Phase 2 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5PT
Received 2 Jul 2021304 Princes Road Dartford Kent DA1 2PZ
Received 2 Jul 20215 Arethusa Place High Street Greenhithe Kent DA9 9NZ
Received 2 Jul 2021101 Burnham Road Dartford Kent DA1 5AZ
Received 2 Jul 202149 Stonehill Woods Park Old London Road Sidcup DA14 5AS
Received 2 Jul 202138 High Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7BN
Received 1 Jul 202198 Dartford Road Dartford Kent DA1 3ER
Received 5 Jul 2021222 Shepherds Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2PW
Received 5 Jul 2021Plot 34 The Bridge Rennie Drive Dartford Kent
Received 5 Jul 202111 Betsham Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0EU
Received 5 Jul 2021170 Shepherds Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2PW
Received 5 Jul 202126 Brackendene Wilmington Kent DA2 7NB
Received 6 Jul 202126 Brackendene Wilmington Kent DA2 7NB
Received 6 Jul 2021Block Of Lock-Up Garages Rear Of Keary Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 6 Jul 2021Land Rear Of 150-160 Milton Road Milton Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 6 Jul 2021Former Council Depot Mead Crescent Dartford Kent DA1 2SH
Received 6 Jul 2021The Vicarage 51A Main Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HQ
Received 6 Jul 2021Outside Hawley Mill Hawley Road Hawley Kent
Received 6 Jul 2021Part Plot 40 Binnie Road Dartford Kent
Received 7 Jul 2021Adjacent 35 The Green, North Of Recreation Ground Darenth Kent DA2 6JS
Received 7 Jul 20214 North Riding Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HS
Received 6 Jul 202114A Stonehill Woods Park Old London Road Upper Ruxley Sidcup Kent DA14 5AS
Received 6 Jul 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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