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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.
8,671 approved · 1,284 refused · 461 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Nov 2008 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
32 Broomfield Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0LT
Received 17 Sept 202132 Broomfield Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0LT
Received 17 Sept 202137 Birchwood Drive Wilmington Kent DA2 7NF
Received 17 Sept 202110 Hurlfield Wilmington Kent DA2 7BH
Received 16 Sept 202111 Birchwood Drive Wilmington Kent DA2 7NE
Received 17 Sept 202157 North Road Dartford Kent DA1 3ND
Received 20 Sept 20211 Orchard Lea Westwood Road Southfleet DA13 9LT
Received 20 Sept 2021Stonehill Woods Park Old London Road Upper Ruxley Sidcup Kent
Received 20 Sept 202114 Hythe Street Dartford Kent DA1 1BD
Received 20 Sept 2021Annexe 2 Savoy Road Dartford Kent DA1 5AW
Received 21 Sept 202122 Fairlight Cross Longfield Kent DA3 7JD
Received 21 Sept 20215 Leyton Cross Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7AP
Received 21 Sept 202119 Barfield Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EJ
Received 22 Sept 2021Bean Cottage Shellbank Lane Bean DA2 8AX
Received 23 Sept 202131 Harold Road Hawley Kent DA2 7SA
Received 23 Sept 202156 Lansbury Crescent Dartford Kent DA1 5DG
Received 22 Sept 2021Wilmington Manor Common Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7BA
Received 23 Sept 2021215 Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent DA2 7PH
Received 23 Sept 202184 Wilmot Road Dartford Kent DA1 3BD
Received 23 Sept 2021Abbott Murex Site And Part Mill Pond Land To South Lower Hythe Street Dartford Kent DA1 1BN
Received 23 Sept 202149 Franklin Road Dartford Kent DA2 7WY
Received 23 Sept 202143 Barfield Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EJ
Received 24 Sept 2021Junction Sandringham Drive/Pinewood Place Junction Sandringham Drive/Abbey Drive Outside 2 And 3 Calvert Drive Area Rear Of Abbey Drive Dartford Kent
Received 24 Sept 2021Along, Pinewood Place, Anvil Terrace, Maplehurst Close And Play Area Coopers Drive Dartford Kent
Received 24 Sept 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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