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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.
8,816 approved · 1,300 refused · 466 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Nov 2008 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
47 Shearwater Longfield Kent DA3 7NL
Received 7 Jan 2022Northview Clement Street Swanley Kent BR8 7PQ
Received 10 Jan 2022Stanham Farm Land Junction Burnham Road/Bob Dunn Way/Thames Road Dartford Kent
Received 10 Jan 2022Creswick Nurseries Dartford Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HY
Received 10 Jan 202228, 29, 30 & 32 The Spires Wilmington Kent DA1 2TA
Received 10 Jan 2022Abbot Murex Biotech Building 75 Lower Hythe Street Dartford Kent DA1 1BN
Received 10 Jan 2022Summerhouse Food And Wine 64 Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent DA5 2EE
Received 10 Jan 20229 Ash Road Hawley Kent DA2 7SD
Received 11 Jan 2022Jacksons Little Hawklands Clement Street Swanley Kent BR8 7PF
Received 10 Jan 20229 Cross Road Hawley Kent DA2 7RS
Received 11 Jan 202230 Longfield Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7LE
Received 10 Jan 2022Land South Of Crossways Boulevard And North Of St Marys Road Stone Kent
Received 11 Jan 20222 The Coppice Bexley Kent DA5 2EA
Received 12 Jan 202233 Harrison Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7BA
Received 12 Jan 202233 Heathclose Road Dartford Kent DA1 2PU
Received 13 Jan 202224 Muir Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5RL
Received 13 Jan 2022Ebbsfleet Central Ebbsfleet Valley Kent
Received 12 Jan 2022Lowfield Development Site Lowfield Street Dartford Kent
Received 13 Jan 20226 Elham Crescent Dartford Kent DA2 6FA
Received 13 Jan 20228 Pilgrims View Greenhithe Kent DA9 9QB
Received 13 Jan 2022100 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HG
Received 14 Jan 202263 Woodlands Park Bexley Kent DA5 2EN
Received 14 Jan 2022Rahan House 8 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HE
Received 14 Jan 2022Car Parking Area Opposite 17-22 Birdwood Avenue Dartford Kent
Received 14 Jan 2022Records 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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