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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 dates14,253Searchable applications
242Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 10,374 approved or refused records
1,334Refused applications
9,040 approved · 1,334 refused · 477 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Sept 2008 to 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided25/01293/CDNA
Submission of details relating to contamination pursuant to condition 3 of planning permission DA/19/00752/FUL for erection of a detached building to provide 5 units with use classes E(g)(ii)(research and development) / E(g)(iii)(light industrial)/ B2 / B8 with associated parking and access
Invicta Park Sandpit Road Dartford Kent DA1 5BU
Received 11 Nov 2025 - Decided25/01294/LDC
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for proposed extension of the first floor by replacing the existing dormer with a new dormer
Orchard House 11 Barn End Drive Wilmington Kent DA2 7BX
Received 12 Nov 2025 - Decided25/01295/FUL
Alterations to the house including porch alterations, single storey rear extension, replacement of the rear dormer, roof lights to front roof slope and detached gazebo
Orchard House 11 Barn End Drive Wilmington Kent DA2 7BX
Received 12 Nov 2025 - Decided25/01296/CDNA
Submission of details relating to archaeology pursuant to condition 4 of planning permission DA/19/00752/FUL for erection of a detached building to provide 5 units with use classes E(g)(ii)(research and development) / E(g)(iii)(light industrial)/ B2 / B8 with associated parking and access
Invicta Park Sandpit Road Dartford Kent DA1 5BU
Received 11 Nov 2025 - Decided25/01297/OBB
Consultation on removal of condition 3 (Polytunnel structures shall not be covered for more than nine months of each calendar year) of 22/01172/FUL
Land To North And West Of Franks Farm Dartford Road Horton Kirby Kent
Received 12 Nov 2025 - Decided25/01298/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
111 Hill Rise Darenth Kent DA2 7HX
Received 13 Nov 2025 - Decided25/01299/CDNA
Submission of details relating to contaminated land assessment pursuant to condition 2 of planning permission DA/25/01076/P3Q for application under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 as to whether prior approval is required for proposed change of use from agricultural use to residential use (Class C3) 1 dwelling
North End Farm Park Corner Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9BD
Received 13 Nov 2025 - Decided25/01300/FUL
Conversion of existing garage into habitable room and erection of a single storey front in-fill extension
30 Mitchell Close Wilmington Kent DA1 1PJ
Received 13 Nov 2025 - Decided25/01301/FUL
Erection of a single storey rear extension
Gills Fish Bar 31 Chastilian Road Dartford Kent DA1 3JP
Received 14 Nov 2025 - Decided25/01302/ADV
Replacement of existing double-sided internally illuminated 6-sheet Bus Shelter advertising displays with Double-sided digital displays
Bus Shelter Outside 11 To 13 London Road Stone Kent
Received 14 Nov 2025 - Decided25/01303/ADV
Replacement of existing double-sided internally illuminated 6-sheet Bus Shelter advertising displays with Double-sided digital displays
Bus Shelter East Of Knockhall Chase London Road Greenhithe Kent
Received 14 Nov 2025 - Decided25/01304/ADV
Replacement of existing double-sided internally illuminated 6-sheet Bus Shelter advertising displays with Double-sided digital displays
Bus Shelter Crossways Boulevard Opposite ASDA Greenhithe DA9 9BT
Received 14 Nov 2025 - Decided25/01305/ADV
Replacement of existing double-sided internally illuminated 6-sheet Bus Shelter advertising displays with Double-sided digital displays
Bus Shelter Opposite The Cardamon 227 London Road Stone Kent
Received 14 Nov 2025 - Decided25/01306/ADV
Replacement of existing double-sided internally illuminated 6-sheet Bus Shelter advertising displays with Double-sided digital displays
Bus Shelter London Road, Outside The Brent C.P. School Dartford
Received 14 Nov 2025 - Decided25/01307/ADV
Replacement of existing double-sided internally illuminated 6-sheet Bus Shelter advertising displays with Double-sided digital displays
Bus Shelter Opposite Junction With St Johns Road London Road Stone Kent
Received 14 Nov 2025 - Decided25/01308/ADV
Replacement of existing double-sided internally illuminated 6-sheet Bus Shelter advertising displays with Double-sided digital displays
Bus Shelter Opposite 186 Watling Street Stone Kent
Received 14 Nov 2025 - Decided25/01309/ADV
Replacement of existing double-sided internally illuminated 6-sheet Bus Shelter advertising displays with Double-sided digital displays
Bus Shelter Adjacent 51 Watling Street Dartford DA1 1RW
Received 14 Nov 2025 - Decided25/01310/ADV
Replacement of existing double-sided internally illuminated 6-sheet Bus Shelter advertising displays with Double-sided digital displays
Bus Shelter Outside 36-47 Kingfisher Drive London Road Stone Kent
Received 14 Nov 2025 - Decided25/01311/ADV
Replacement of existing double-sided internally illuminated 6-sheet Bus Shelter advertising displays with Double-sided digital displays
Bus Shelter Outside Health Centre West Hill Dartford Kent
Received 14 Nov 2025 - Decided25/01313/FUL
Refurbishment and extension of a 3G Artificial Grass Pitch (AGP) with perimeter fencing, hardstanding areas, storage container, floodlights, an access footpath and associated bund
Hayden Youth Association Leyton Cross Road Wilmington Dartford DA2 7AN
Received 14 Nov 2025 - Awaiting decision25/01314/FUL
Provision of access tracks for existing horticultural use (Retrospective application) and proposed improved access from Birchwood Road
Landscape Centre Provender Nursery Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent BR8 7PS
Received 14 Nov 2025 - Decided25/01315/CDNA
Submission of details relating to Code of Construction Practice pursuant to condition 5 of planning permission DA/20/01202/FUL and condition 3 of planning permission DA/25/00760/VCON for demolition of existing buildings and construction of buildings to provide flexible employment floorspace (Use Classes E(g)/ B2 / B8, with ancillary office accommodation within Use Class E (g)), together with the creation of a new vehicular access via Butterly Avenue, improvements to the existing vehicular access from Hawley Road, provision of car and cycle parking and service yards, drainage works, landscaping, installation of an acoustic fence and other associated works
Former Lynch Plant Site And Ambulance Station Hawley Road Dartford DA1 1PD
Received 17 Nov 2025 - Decided25/01316/FUL
Change of use from a 6 bed C3 dwellinghouse to a Sui Generis mixed-use formed of a 7 bed C2 use (Residential Institution) and Sui Generis commercial swimming lesson hire, facilitated by external and internal alterations including insertion of a door to the side elevation (Part-retrospective)
Pittsfield High Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7EG
Received 17 Nov 2025 - Decided25/01317/NONMAT
Non-material amendment following grant of planning permission DA/22/01234/FUL in respect of an alteration to approved landscaping plan (Condition 2)
Storefast Estate Park Corner Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9LJ
Received 17 Nov 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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