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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 dates14,219Searchable applications
239Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 10,347 approved or refused records
1,331Refused applications
9,016 approved · 1,331 refused · 477 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Sept 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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More application records
- Decided25/01199/TPO
Application to fell one Mature Sycamore tree T1 down to the ground subject to Tree Preservation Order No.4 1984
77 Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent DA5 2EF
Received 20 Oct 2025 - Decided25/01200/LDC
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for proposed hip-to-gable rear dormer loft conversion and associated works
20 Priory Close Dartford Kent DA1 2JE
Received 21 Oct 2025 - Decided25/01201/VCON
Demolition of existing bungalows and erection of 4 No. semi-detached dwellings with associated parking, amenity space and access. (Variation of Conditions: 2, 5, 7, 8, 9 and 12 of planning permission DA/24/00575/VCON to allow for installation of roof lights to the rear roof slope and the provision of solar panels to the front roof slope and changes to parking surface materials and internal arrangements, also the submission of new acoustic assessments)
41 & 43 Brentfield Road Dartford Kent DA1 1YJ
Received 21 Oct 2025 - Decided25/01202/TPO
Application for T1 Silver Birch - Crown reduce by 1.5-2m to suitable growth points (as per annotated photographs). Clear phone line to leave a 2m clearance, subject to Tree Preservation Order No.3 1971
30 Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent DA5 2HP
Received 21 Oct 2025 - Decided25/01204/CDNA
Submission of details relating to car parking management plan pursuant to condition 3 of planning permission DA/24/00308/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 of first and second floors from commercial, business and service use (Class E) to 14 no. residential dwellings (Class C3)
11-27 Hythe Street Dartford Kent DA1 1AB
Received 21 Oct 2025 - Decided25/01205/FUL
Provision of a vehicular access onto A226 (including vehicle crossover), provision of paved parking area (part retrospective) and partial removal of boundary wall to front of 98 and 100 East Hill
St Albans House 98 East Hill Dartford Kent DA1 1SB
Received 21 Oct 2025 - Decided25/01206/VCON
Variation of condition 7 of planning permission 22/00664/FUL (reconfiguration of existing site layout, erection of a single building comprising 3 No. day rooms for use by the three authorised traveller families and removal of existing 3 No day rooms on the site) to allow occupation by un-named gypsy/traveller families
Nurstead Stables Nurstead Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HG
Received 22 Oct 2025 - Decided25/01207/TRCON
Application to remove T1 Holly and T2 & T3 - 2 x dead trees, within Church Hill Conservation Area
Ringwood Church Walk Wilmington Kent DA2 7EL
Received 22 Oct 2025 - Decided25/01208/CDNA
Submission of details relating to car parking management plan pursuant to Condition 3 of Planning Permission DA/23/00483/P20AA (granted on appeal) for application under Schedule 2, Part 20, Class AA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 as to whether prior approval is required for construction of one additional storey to provide 7 dwellings (C3) above the existing commercial building for which the lawful use is offices (Class E use)
11-27 Hythe Street Dartford Kent DA1 1AB
Received 22 Oct 2025 - Decided25/01209/TPO
Application to fell Sweet Chestnut tree (T13) & reduce one row of 12 Sweet Chestnut trees (T1-12) by 3m (15m to 12m), subject to Tree Preservation Order No.4 1984
75 Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent DA5 2EF
Received 22 Oct 2025 - Decided25/01210/CDNA
Submission of details relating to hard and soft landscaping (condition 4), boundary enclosures (condition 6) and external materials(condition 8) [in part] of planning permission DA/25/00846/FUL for application for partial demolition and rebuilding and upward extension of former Parish office together with two-storey rear extension, to provide two dwellings (Part retrospective)
53 Main Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HQ
Received 22 Oct 2025 - Decided25/01211/CDNA
Submission of details relating to cycle and refuse store details pursuant to Condition 4 of Planning Permission DA/23/00483/P20AA (granted on appeal) for application under Schedule 2, Part 20, Class AA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 as to whether prior approval is required for construction of one additional storey to provide 7 dwellings (C3) above the existing commercial building for which the lawful use is offices (Class E use)
11-27 Hythe Street Dartford Kent DA1 1AB
Received 22 Oct 2025 - Decided25/01212/CDNA
Submission of details relating to flood mitigation strategy pursuant to Condition 5 of Planning Permission DA/23/00483/P20AA (granted on appeal) for application under Schedule 2, Part 20, Class AA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 as to whether prior approval is required for construction of one additional storey to provide 7 dwellings (C3) above the existing commercial building for which the lawful use is offices (Class E use)
11-27 Hythe Street Dartford Kent DA1 1AB
Received 22 Oct 2025 - Decided25/01213/CDNA
Submission of details relating to tree replacement pursuant to condition 4 of planning permission DA/25/00925/TPO to remove T3 Oak tree (as annotated on submitted drawing known as T2 on the TPO) subject to Tree Preservation order No.5 2023
21 Woodlands Park Bexley Kent DA5 2EN
Received 22 Oct 2025 - Decided25/01214/FUL
Erection of a part first floor/part two storey front extension and internal & external alterations
80 Watling Street Dartford Kent DA2 6AE
Received 22 Oct 2025 - Decided25/01215/LDC
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for proposed erection of a single storey rear extension
98 North Road Dartford Kent DA1 3NB
Received 23 Oct 2025 - Decided25/01216/EDCCON
Consultation on Reserved matters application (relating to access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) pursuant to Condition 2 (details of Reserved Matters), Condition 25 (Reserved Matters Design Details), Condition 28 (Noise Report), and Condition 31 (Open Land) of outline planning permission reference EDC/17/0048 for the creation of a Neighbourhood Green (Ashmere Neighbourhood Green South West within Ebbsfleet Development Corporation
Ashmere Neighbourhood Green Ashmere Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent DA10 1GR
Received 21 Oct 2025 - Decided25/01217/CDNA
Submission of details relating to car park construction details in relation to tree protection measures (condition 9) of planning permission DA/25/00846/FUL for application for partial demolition and rebuilding and upward extension of former Parish office together with two-storey rear extension, to provide two dwellings (Part retrospective)
53 Main Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HQ
Received 22 Oct 2025 - Decided25/01218/CDNA
Submission of details relating to piling risk assessment pursuant to condition 12 of planning permission DA/25/00259/VCON for demolition of the existing buildings and redevelopment to provide commercial warehouse development with associated access, servicing, parking and landscaping (variation of conditions 2, 22 and 24 of planning permission DA/21/01349/FUL for change of Unit 6 to flexible Class B2 (general industrial) and B8 (storage and distribution) with ancillary office use and minor design changes as an alternative to the previously permitted storage and distribution use (Class B8))
Land At Dartford International Ferry Terminal Clipper Boulevard Dartford Kent DA2 6QN
Received 23 Oct 2025 - Decided25/01219/TPO
Application for Oak tree (2) - Crown thin by 30% and removal of epicormic growth to 4m from ground level, subject to Tree Preservation Order No.1 2019
Hulsewood Lodge Oakfield Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7AB
Received 23 Oct 2025 - Decided25/01220/FUL
Demolition of existing bungalow and erection of a 2-storey new dwelling house with associated landscaping, refuse and parking provisions
18 Chichester Road Stone Kent DA9 9JT
Received 23 Oct 2025 - Decided25/01222/FUL
Application for the retention of temporary structures at the rear of the existing building to provide a storage shed, a freezer cabin and a cold room; the retention and installation of compressors to serve the refrigeration units;
118 The Brent Dartford Kent DA2 6DE
Received 27 Oct 2025 - Decided25/01223/FUL
Erection of a single storey side/rear infill extension
30 Brakefield Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9PZ
Received 27 Oct 2025 - Decided25/01224/FUL
Demolition of existing garage. Raising of roof with side dormers and rooflights and erection of rear roof extension, to facilitate loft conversion and creation of habitable rooms within the loft space
59 Longfield Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7LA
Received 27 Oct 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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