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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.
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Dartford Borough Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Dartford Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates14,036Searchable applications
239Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 10,192 approved or refused records
1,310Refused applications
8,882 approved · 1,310 refused · 469 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning informationContact planning Solicitor enquiries and copy document requestsLocal plan Planning policyPre-application advice Advice and guidanceArticle 4 directions
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas6 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas6 mapped area records1 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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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.
More application records
- Decided25/00491/FUL
Erection of a single storey rear extension
62 Hallford Way Dartford Kent DA1 3AE
Received 30 Apr 2025 - Decided25/00492/CDNA
Submission of details relating to contaminated land closure report pursuant to condition 3 of planning permission DA/23/00451/FUL for change of use of ground floor dental surgery (Use Class D1) to self-contained studio flat (Use Class C3), erection of a detached building to provide dental surgery, with associated car and cycle parking provision and refuse storage
23 High Street Swanscombe Kent DA10 0AG
Received 1 May 2025 - Decided25/00493/FUL
Erection of a front porch
15 Couzins Walk Dartford Kent DA1 5GD
Received 1 May 2025 - Decided25/00495/FUL
Erection of a single storey rear extension
Greenways Common Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7DB
Received 2 May 2025 - Unknown25/00496/CDNA
Submission of details relating to Site Development Scheme (surface and foul drainage details only) pursuant to parts e) & f) of Condition 4 of planning permission DA/23/01346/COU (granted on appeal) for the change of use of land for a Showpeople's Family Quarters to form 7 permanent plots for travelling show people with associated equipment storage, equipment washing and testing area, access, amenity, SUDs, landscaping and earth bund
Land To East Of M25 South Of Clement Street Swanley Kent BR8 7PQ
Received 2 May 2025 - Decided25/00498/LDC
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for proposed erection of a single storey rear extension
42 Cavell Crescent Dartford Kent DA1 5NS
Received 6 May 2025 - Decided25/00499/FUL
Demolition of existing side attached garage and erection of a single storey side/rear to form annexe.
3 Turnstone Longfield Kent DA3 7NR
Received 6 May 2025 - Decided25/00500/FUL
Erection of a single storey side and a part single/part two storey rear extension
106 Watling Street Stone Kent DA2 6AF
Received 6 May 2025 - Decided25/00503/CDNA
Submission of details relating to Drainage Verification Report pursuant to Condition 74 of Planning Permission DA/23/00006/VCON for the erection of an 8-form entry secondary school, up to 140 residential dwellings in total across 2 sites and provision of 19 ha of public open space. Amendment of Condition 2 (approved drawings) to provide a revised Parameters Plan which changes the boundaries to the two areas shown as 'New Residential Development'
Stone Lodge Development Complex Cotton Lane, North Of London Road Stone Kent
Received 6 May 2025 - Decided25/00504/FUL
Loft conversion to create one dormer window to rear roof slope and velux windows to the front roof slope
67 The Boulevard Greenhithe Kent DA9 9GW
Received 6 May 2025 - Decided25/00505/FUL
Erection of a single storey rear/side extension
21 Beacon Drive Bean Kent DA2 8BE
Received 6 May 2025 - Decided25/00508/FUL
Replacement of existing windows and doors of flats
Lilac House And Lavender House Pilgrims Court Dartford Kent
Received 7 May 2025 - Decided25/00509/FUL
Erection of a single storey rear extension, with associated alterations to the ground floor
8 King Edward Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 2HZ
Received 8 May 2025 - Decided25/00510/FUL
Cross boundary application for erection of a single storey extension, first floor extension over existing side extension, double garage
The Beams Puddledock Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7QE
Received 8 May 2025 - Decided25/00512/FUL
Erection of a porch to front of property, removal of existing front door and alterations to front bay window
28 Lonsdale Crescent Darenth Kent DA2 6LG
Received 8 May 2025 - Decided25/00514/LDC
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for proposed erection of a single storey side extension
Tudor Lodge New Barn Road Longfield Kent DA3 7LT
Received 9 May 2025 - Decided25/00517/TPO
Application to remove 1 No. flowering Cherry tree (1), remove left stem of 1 No. Hawthorn tree (2) as per annotated photo and crown thin by no more than 15%, crown thin 1 No. Hawthorn tree (3) by no more than 15% subject to Tree Preservation Order No.12 1980
25 Maryfield Close Bexley Kent DA5 2HY
Received 9 May 2025 - Decided25/00518/ADV
Installation of replacement illuminated Skoda signs comprising of 4x internally illuminated static fascia signs, 1x internally illuminated entrance portal sign, 1x internally illuminated 6m pylon, 1x internally illuminated 8m pylon, 1x 6m pylon sign and 1x internally illuminated 4.5m pole sign.
Unit 3 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5FD
Received 9 May 2025 - Decided25/00522/CDNA
Submission of details relating to a Construction Environmental Management Plan pursuant to Condition 11 of Planning Permission DA/24/00774/VCON for the demolition of existing buildings and erection of 65 residential dwellings (Use Class C3), with associated landscaping, car parking, and infrastructure (variation of Condition 2 (approved drawings) of planning permission DA/23/00356/VCON to incorporate loss of 6 residential units at ground floor and substitution with communal internal residential amenity space with changes to external elevations and internal layout, redesign of planters, lowering of Finished Floor Levels, relocation of bin store, relocation of 6 First Homes units to a later phase, provision of a loading bay on the entrance road)
Lowfield Development Phase 4 Lowfield Street Dartford Kent DA1 1HJ
Received 12 May 2025 - Decided25/00526/FUL
Erection of single storey rear extension
69 Heather Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3LF
Received 13 May 2025 - Decided25/00528/REM
Reserved Matters relating to details of the layout, scale, appearance and landscaping pursuant to condition 1 of outline planning permission DA/20/00282/OUT for demolition of existing buildings and provision of a mixed use development comprising of up to 1096 sqm of commercial uses (Use Classes B1 (now within Use Class E(g)(iii) & B8) and residential/gatehouse building up to 72 sq.m (total development of up to 1,168sq.m) and associated highway alterations/improvements in Cotton Lane, including details of levels (condition 5), waste (condition 15), cycle storage (condition 18) and boundary enclosures (condition 19).
Davanden Kennels Cotton Lane Greenhithe Kent DA9 9BB
Received 13 May 2025 - Decided25/00530/P14J
Determination pursuant to Schedule 2, Part 14 (Class J) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 as to whether prior approval is required for the installation of a PV array on the roof of an existing B1(c), B2 and B8 Class building
Littlebrook DC1 Shield Road Dartford Kent DA1 5UR
Received 14 May 2025 - Decided25/00531/LDC
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for proposed erection of single-storey side extension and erection of detached garage/outbuilding
Bean House Bean Lane Bean Kent DA2 8AY
Received 15 May 2025 - Decided25/00532/PDE
Determination pursuant to Schedule 2, Part 1 (Class A.1 (g) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 as to whether prior approval is required for the erection of a single storey rear extension
40 Priory Road Dartford Kent DA1 2BS
Received 15 May 2025
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What these statistics cover
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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