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Planning application documents: what to read first
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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 dates14,048Searchable applications
239Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 10,203 approved or refused records
1,313Refused applications
8,890 approved · 1,313 refused · 470 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Nov 2008 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided25/00665/FUL
Demolition of existing Harold Porter building and erection of a single storey extension to provide new main entrance and community room
St Barnabas Church Tile Kiln Lane Bexley Kent DA5 2BB
Received 12 Jun 2025 - Decided25/00666/FUL
Proposed garage conversion into a habitable space with the replacement of garage door with a window and the formation of an additional dropped kerb
66 Main Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EU
Received 13 Jun 2025 - Decided25/00667/FUL
Material change of use of to a mixed-use of dwelling and temporary housing and care of injured fauna including the siting of a container (retrospective)
27 Myrtle Road Dartford Kent DA1 2RJ
Received 13 Jun 2025 - Decided25/00669/FUL
Erection of raised patio (Retrospective)
186 Wilmot Road Dartford Kent DA1 3BS
Received 13 Jun 2025 - Decided25/00670/FUL
Subdivision of existing property into two separate dwellings (retrospective)
25 Almond Road Dartford Kent DA2 6BD
Received 13 Jun 2025 - Decided25/00671/FUL
Erection of a single storey rear extension and part garage conversion
80 Sandringham Drive Dartford Kent DA2 7WL
Received 13 Jun 2025 - Decided25/00672/FUL
Erection of single storey rear extension with lantern roof light and loft conversion into habitable room incorporating rear and front dormers
50 Leyton Cross Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7AW
Received 16 Jun 2025 - Decided25/00673/CDNA
Submission of details relating to condition 3 (Arboricultural Method Statement and Tree Protection Plan) of planning permission DA/24/01455/FUL for proposed vehicle access, front wall with gates & erection of a detached double garage to front garden with associated landscaping
200 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HA
Received 16 Jun 2025 - Decided25/00674/CDNA
Submission of details relating noise details/Acoustic Report, refuse storage details and management plan, and cycle storage details pursuant to conditions 3, 4 and 5 of planning permission DA/23/00111/PMA for application under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended) as to whether prior approval is required for change of use from Class E (commercial, business and service) to Class C3 (dwellinghouses) to provide 4 x self-contained dwellings
2-2A Summit House Highfield Road Dartford Kent DA1 2JY
Received 16 Jun 2025 - Decided25/00675/LBC
Application for Listed Building Consent to alter the use of the unused cellar space in the property (former coal cellar) in order to create a useable space for storage (retrospective application)
66 Main Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EU
Received 16 Jun 2025 - Decided25/00678/CDNA
Submission of details relating to affordable housing pursuant to conditions 42 and 66 of planning permission DA/23/00006/VCON for Outline Planning Permission DA/18/01074/OUT as amended by DA/20/00746/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 Stone Kent
Received 16 Jun 2025 - Decided25/00680/FUL
Erection of a part two/part single storey rear extension
11 Stanham Road Dartford Kent DA1 3AW
Received 17 Jun 2025 - Decided25/00681/FUL
Erection of a single storey side and rear extension, and rear conservatory, along with an enlarged patio with new retaining walls and new side window to the original house
24 Swaisland Road Dartford Kent DA1 3DE
Received 17 Jun 2025 - Decided25/00682/ADV
Display of 1 no. freestanding 48-sheet internally illuminated digital poster display of static advertisements
Greenhithe Service Station London Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9EJ
Received 17 Jun 2025 - Decided25/00683/LDC
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for proposed single-storey ground floor rear extension
38 Maryfield Close Bexley Kent DA5 2HY
Received 17 Jun 2025 - Decided25/00684/FUL
Replacing rear window with door and installing new stairs to garden (Retrospective)
48 Broomhill Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HT
Received 17 Jun 2025 - Decided25/00685/LDC
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for proposed hip-to-gable loft conversion with flat roof dormer to rear elevation roof slope and insertion of 3 rooflights to front roof slope
24 Woodside Drive Wilmington Kent DA2 7NG
Received 17 Jun 2025 - Decided25/00687/FUL
Conversion of garage into habitable room with associated alterations to rear elevation (Retrospective)
29 Watermans Way Greenhithe Kent DA9 9GJ
Received 18 Jun 2025 - Decided25/00688/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
41 Morland Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 3BW
Received 18 Jun 2025 - Decided25/00689/CDNA
Submission of details relating to Condition 4 (post installation noise survey) of planning permission DA/23/01328/FUL for the replacement of mechanical plant to side of building, including the installation of a timber canopy over. Installation of new mechanical plant to rear flat roof area, incorporating installation of hit and miss fencing around and non-slip walkways to provide access. Installation of a parcel locker and cycle storage hoops to forecourt
77 Watchgate Darenth Kent DA2 7JY
Received 18 Jun 2025 - Decided25/00690/FUL
Erection of a two storey rear extension with a deeper patio and associated works, and a new porch
215 Lowfield Street Dartford Kent DA1 1JJ
Received 18 Jun 2025 - Decided25/00691/CDNA
Submission of details relating to Biodiversity Enhancement Plan and Habitat Management and Monitoring Plan pursuant to conditions 14 and 17 of planning permission DA/24/00804/FUL for the erection of a new medical building, and ancillary fuel tank, back up generator and substation
Livingstone Hospital East Hill Dartford Kent DA1 1SA
Received 18 Jun 2025 - Decided25/00692/LDC
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for proposed erection of a single storey rear and side extension
5 Shenley Road Dartford Kent DA1 1YF
Received 18 Jun 2025 - Decided25/00694/CDNA
Submission of details relating to verification report for surface water drainage and agreement of potential surface water infiltration pursuant to conditions 15 and 26 of planning permission DA/24/00804/FUL for the erection of a new medical building, and ancillary fuel tank, back up generator and substation
Livingstone Hospital East Hill Dartford Kent DA1 1SA
Received 18 Jun 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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