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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.
8,833 approved · 1,301 refused · 466 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Princes Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HJ
Received 4 Feb 202262 Longfield Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7LA
Received 4 Feb 202214 Hythe Street Dartford Kent DA1 1BD
Received 4 Feb 202214 Hythe Street Dartford Kent DA1 1BD
Received 4 Feb 2022Lynton Poplars Close Longfield Kent DA3 7LP
Received 7 Feb 202219 Vanessa Way Bexley Kent DA5 2JS
Received 7 Feb 202226 Castleridge Drive Greenhithe Kent DA9 9WT
Received 7 Feb 2022Land To East Of M25 South Of Clement Street/west Of Church Road Kent
Received 7 Feb 202259 Burnham Road Dartford Kent DA1 5AY
Received 7 Feb 202237 Capel Place Wilmington Kent DA2 7PU
Received 7 Feb 20226 Eleanor Walk Greenhithe Kent DA9 9FZ
Received 7 Feb 2022Wilmington Grammar School For Girls Parsons Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7BB
Received 7 Feb 2022Land Fronting Clockhouse Stables Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent
Received 8 Feb 202219 Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HS
Received 8 Feb 2022Land At Dartford International Ferry Terminal Clipper Boulevard Dartford Kent DA2 6QN
Received 8 Feb 2022Land At Dartford International Ferry Terminal Clipper Boulevard Dartford Kent DA2 6QN
Received 8 Feb 202274 Broomfield Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0LT
Received 9 Feb 2022Block E Mill Pond Development Site Mill Pond Road Dartford Kent DA1 1BW
Received 9 Feb 202258 Cedar Drive Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EN
Received 9 Feb 2022Land Adjacent 17 Coombfield Drive Darenth Kent DA2 7LG
Received 9 Feb 2022149 Church Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0HL
Received 10 Feb 2022139 Hawley Road Dartford Kent DA1 1PB
Received 10 Feb 202228 High Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7BN
Received 10 Feb 202210 Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HF
Received 10 Feb 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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