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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.
9,045 approved · 1,335 refused · 479 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Sept 2008 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Junction Of Anchor Boulevard And Galleon Boulevard Crossways Business Park Dartford Kent DA2 6QE
Received 17 Nov 202511 Joyce Green Lane Dartford Kent DA1 5HN
Received 17 Nov 202514 Whitby Close Stone Greenhithe Kent DA9 9QE
Received 17 Nov 20251 Alkerden Lane Swanscombe Kent DA10 0EG
Received 18 Nov 202528 Walnut Tree Avenue Wilmington Kent DA1 1LJ
Received 18 Nov 2025Former Lynch Plant Site And Ambulance Station Hawley Road Dartford DA1 1PD
Received 18 Nov 202530 The Brent Dartford Kent DA1 1YN
Received 19 Nov 202532 Shenley Road Dartford Kent DA1 1YE
Received 19 Nov 202564 Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HE
Received 19 Nov 202516 Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent DA5 2HP
Received 19 Nov 202514 Sayer Close Stone Greenhithe Kent DA9 9PZ
Received 19 Nov 2025Bus Shelter Outside ASDA Crossways Boulevard Dartford Kent
Received 19 Nov 2025Bus Shelter Outside Lantern Court London Road Stone Kent
Received 19 Nov 2025Bus Shelter Opposite 281 London Road Stone Kent
Received 19 Nov 202510 Main Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QZ
Received 20 Nov 202563 Princes View Dartford Kent DA1 1RJ
Received 21 Nov 2025168A Lowfield Street Dartford Kent DA1 1JE
Received 21 Nov 2025Woodland Rear Of 198 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent
Received 21 Nov 2025183 Fulwich Road Dartford Kent DA1 1UW
Received 24 Nov 20254 Dene Close Wilmington Kent DA2 7ND
Received 24 Nov 2025135 Wilmot Road Dartford Kent DA1 3BJ
Received 24 Nov 20252 Highview Terrace Priory Hill Dartford Kent DA1 2DB
Received 24 Nov 202510 - 14 Westview Court Kent Road Dartford Kent DA1 2AJ
Received 24 Nov 2025Swanscombe Veterinary Practice 41 - 43 Swanscombe Street Swanscombe Kent DA10 0BQ
Received 24 Nov 2025Records 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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