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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.
8,882 approved · 1,310 refused · 469 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Longfield Academy Main Road Longfield Kent DA3 7PH
Received 15 Mar 202217 Hart Shaw Longfield Kent DA3 7JH
Received 16 Mar 20225 Southfield Court Joyce Green Lane Dartford Kent DA1 5PH
Received 16 Mar 2022Site Of Littlebrook Power Station Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5PT
Received 17 Mar 2022Riverbridge House Admirals Park Anchor Boulevard Dartford Kent
Received 17 Mar 202216E The Green Darenth Kent DA2 6JR
Received 17 Mar 202217 Invicta Road Dartford Kent DA2 6AY
Received 17 Mar 202220 Sycamore Road Dartford Kent DA1 2QS
Received 17 Mar 202218 Mallard Close Dartford Kent DA1 5SU
Received 17 Mar 2022Hulse Orchard Common Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7DB
Received 18 Mar 2022Bowmans Lodge Bowmans Road Dartford Kent DA1 3QP
Received 18 Mar 2022Land At Dartford International Ferry Terminal Clipper Boulevard Dartford Kent DA2 6QN
Received 18 Mar 2022182 Shepherds Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2PW
Received 18 Mar 202242 Lunedale Road Dartford Kent DA2 6LN
Received 18 Mar 202252 Carlton Avenue Horns Cross Greenhithe Kent DA9 9DR
Received 21 Mar 2022Cedar Lodge 1 The Lodges Cotton Lane Stone Kent DA9 9BF
Received 21 Mar 2022Asda RDC Unit 8 Galleon Boulevard Crossways Business Park Dartford Kent DA2 6QR
Received 21 Mar 202219 Trebble Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0ED
Received 21 Mar 202292 Mill Road Hawley Kent DA2 7RZ
Received 21 Mar 2022144 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HG
Received 21 Mar 202286 Gore Road Darenth Kent DA2 6LY
Received 22 Mar 202252 Martin Drive Dartford Kent DA2 6BF
Received 22 Mar 20221 The Close Wilmington Kent DA2 7ES
Received 22 Mar 2022124 Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent DA5 2ES
Received 23 Mar 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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