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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 dates13,683Searchable applications
239Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 9,876 approved or refused records
1,275Refused applications
8,601 approved · 1,275 refused · 456 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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
- Decided21/01384/NONMAT
Application for a non-material amendment to planning permission DA/21/00932/FUL to reduce the detached garage in size.
26 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HE
Received 31 Aug 2021 - Decided21/01386/FUL
Erection of a detached two storey mixed use building with a workshop (light industrial) at ground floor level and offices at first floor level. As well as associated car and light goods vehicle parking provision, cycle storage and refuse storage provision.
Sherwen Engineering Co Green Street Green Road Longfield Kent DA2 8EB
Received 31 Aug 2021 - Decided21/01387/FUL
Provision of front and rear dormer windows, single storey rear extension and replace garage door with window and door for conversion of garage to habitable room
181 Princes Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HP
Received 1 Sept 2021 - Decided21/01388/FUL
Erection of a single storey porch extension
20 Richmond Lane Dartford Kent DA1 5UG
Received 1 Sept 2021 - Decided21/01389/LDC
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for proposed dormer window in rear elevation and roof light in front elevation in connection with providing additional rooms in the roof spaceLoft conversion incorporating rear Dormer
3 Castle Street Swanscombe Kent DA10 0HW
Received 1 Sept 2021 - Decided21/01390/FUL
Erection of a single storey front extension, front balcony at first floor level and associated alterations to the external facade at ground level.
210 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HA
Received 1 Sept 2021 - Decided21/01391/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
210 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HA
Received 1 Sept 2021 - Decided21/01392/CDNA
Submission of details relating to noise attenuation pursuant to condition 4 of planning permission DA/20/01553/VCON for Change of use and conversion of 2 No store buildings to provide 3 No 2 bedroom houses and 1 No 2 bedroom flat. Associated alterations including provision of pitched roof, parking spaces, gates, planting, windows, refuse and cycle store
1C-1D Heath Street Dartford Kent DA1 2LD
Received 1 Sept 2021 - Decided21/01393/EDCCON
Consultation on reserved matters application (details relating to access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) pursuant to condition 2 and 25 of outline planning permission EDC/17/0048 for the erection of 138 dwellings (flats) and associated parking, open space and infrastructure within Ebbsfleet Development Corporation
Alkerden Village Parcel 3 Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 1 Sept 2021 - Decided21/01394/EDCCON
Consultation on reserved matters application (details relating to access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) pursuant to condition 2 and 25 of outline planning permission EDC/17/0048 for the erection of 182 dwellings and associated parking, open space and infrastructure within Ebbsfleet Development Corporation
Alkerden (Parcel 5A) Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 1 Sept 2021 - Decided21/01395/FUL
Demolition of existing detached garage and erection of a part two/part single storey side extension
3 Oakfield Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2SN
Received 1 Sept 2021 - Decided21/01396/FUL
Erection of a part two storey/part first floor side extension
562 Princes Road Dartford Kent DA2 6NG
Received 2 Sept 2021 - Decided21/01397/FUL
Erection of a first floor front extension, provision of roof lights in side elevations in connection with providing additional rooms in the roof space together with conversion of existing integral garage to habitable room with associated alterations to front elevation
Ravenscroft Southfleet Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7JG
Received 2 Sept 2021 - Decided21/01398/CDNA
Submission of details relating to boundary enclosures and gate (condition 5), boundary treatment (condition 6) pursuant to planning permission DA/20/01553/VCON for Change of use and conversion of 2 No store buildings to provide 3 No 2 bedroom houses and 1 No 2 bedroom flat. Associated alterations including provision of pitched roof, parking spaces, gates, planting, windows, refuse and cycle store
1C-1D Heath Street Dartford Kent DA1 2LD
Received 1 Sept 2021 - Decided21/01399/CDNA
Submission of details relating to car parking spaces and turning area (condition 7) and cycle store (condition 11) (relating to southern part of the development) pursuant to planning permission DA/20/01553/VCON for Change of use and conversion of 2 No store buildings to provide 3 No 2 bedroom houses and 1 No 2 bedroom flat. Associated alterations including provision of pitched roof, parking spaces, gates, planting, windows, refuse and cycle store
1C-1D Heath Street Dartford Kent DA1 2LD
Received 1 Sept 2021 - Decided21/01400/CDNA
Submission of details relating to storage of waste and refuse (condition 8) pursuant to planning permission DA/20/00567/COU as varied by DA/20/01553/VCON for Change of use and conversion of 2 No store buildings to provide 3 No 2 bedroom houses and 1 No 2 bedroom flat. Associated alterations including provision of pitched roof, parking spaces, gates, planting, windows, refuse and cycle store
1C-1D Heath Street Dartford Kent DA1 2LD
Received 1 Sept 2021 - Decided21/01401/CDNA
Submission of details relating to external lighting (condition 9) pursuant to planning permission DA/20/01553/VCON for Change of use and conversion of 2 No store buildings to provide 3 No 2 bedroom houses and 1 No 2 bedroom flat. Associated alterations including provision of pitched roof, parking spaces, gates, planting, windows, refuse and cycle store
1C-1D Heath Street Dartford Kent DA1 2LD
Received 1 Sept 2021 - Decided21/01402/CDNA
Submission of details relating to hard and soft landscaping (condition 10) pursuant to planning permission DA/20/01553/VCON for Change of use and conversion of 2 No store buildings to provide 3 No 2 bedroom houses and 1 No 2 bedroom flat. Associated alterations including provision of pitched roof, parking spaces, gates, planting, windows, refuse and cycle store
1C-1D Heath Street Dartford Kent DA1 2LD
Received 1 Sept 2021 - Decided21/01403/CDNA
Submission of details relating to the management of the rights of way (condition 24) pursuant to planning permission DA/20/01553/VCON for Change of use and conversion of 2 No store buildings to provide 3 No 2 bedroom houses and 1 No 2 bedroom flat. Associated alterations including provision of pitched roof, parking spaces, gates, planting, windows, refuse and cycle store
1C-1D Heath Street Dartford Kent DA1 2LD
Received 1 Sept 2021 - Decided21/01404/LDC
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for proposed like-for-like replacements of x 3 existing windows on front (west) elevation and x 4 windows on the rear (east) elevation.
13 Peveril Court Clifton Walk Dartford Kent DA2 6SA
Received 2 Sept 2021 - Decided21/01405/FUL
Erection of 2 No. warehouse buildings to provide lifting workshop and fabrication workshop.
Former Ocado Distribution Unit 1 Albion Road Dartford Kent DA1 5PZ
Received 2 Sept 2021 - Decided21/01406/TPO
Application for Lime tree (T1) - Re pollard to previous pruning points and cut back to leave a clearance from the building by 3m subject to Tree Preservation Order No.1 1995
Adjacent 1 Darenth Park Avenue Darenth Kent DA2 6JN
Received 3 Sept 2021 - Decided21/01407/FUL
Erection of a first floor side extension
35 St Marys Way Longfield Kent DA3 7PD
Received 3 Sept 2021 - Decided21/01408/LDC
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for proposed alterations to roof from hip to gable for provision of rear dormer window with Juliette balcony and roof lights in front roof slope in connection with providing additional rooms in the roof space
35 St Marys Way Longfield Kent DA3 7PD
Received 3 Sept 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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