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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.
8,758 approved · 1,293 refused · 464 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
67 Beacon Drive Bean Kent DA2 8BE
Received 11 Nov 2021210 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HA
Received 11 Nov 202140 Sussex Road Dartford Kent DA1 1SH
Received 12 Nov 2021Area Rear Of 5 Watermans Way And Rear Of Garages Worcester Close Greenhithe Kent
Received 12 Nov 202184 Elm Road Dartford Kent DA1 2SD
Received 12 Nov 202126 Common Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7DF
Received 12 Nov 202142 Trebble Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0EB
Received 15 Nov 202158 Spurrell Avenue Bexley Kent DA5 2EX
Received 11 Nov 202151 Oakfield Park Road Wilmington Kent DA1 2SR
Received 15 Nov 202125 Osterberg Road Dartford Kent DA1 5HF
Received 15 Nov 20215 The Hollies Longfield Kent DA3 7HU
Received 15 Nov 202174 Leonard Avenue Swanscombe Kent DA10 0EY
Received 15 Nov 2021Former Mercedes Benz Burnham Road Dartford Kent DA1 5BL
Received 15 Nov 2021217 Coombfield Drive Darenth Kent DA2 7LF
Received 15 Nov 202179 Fleet Road Dartford Kent DA2 6JF
Received 16 Nov 202112 St Marys Road Stone Kent DA9 9AS
Received 16 Nov 202126 Dunkin Road Dartford Kent DA1 5NJ
Received 16 Nov 20212 Lightermans Way Greenhithe Kent DA9 9FN
Received 17 Nov 202119 Derwent Close Dartford Kent DA1 2TT
Received 17 Nov 202122 Foster Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5UB
Received 17 Nov 20214 Martin Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7DH
Received 16 Nov 202198 And 100 Charles Street Stone Kent DA9 9AJ
Received 16 Nov 20213 St Pauls Close Swanscombe Kent DA10 0BA
Received 16 Nov 20211A Ethelbert Road Hawley Kent DA2 7SJ
Received 18 Nov 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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