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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.
9,081 approved · 1,336 refused · 480 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Through Chalk Spine Under B255 Bean Road Bluewater Shopping Centre And Eastern Quarry Dartford Greenhithe Kent DA9 9ST
Received 17 Dec 2025Land Through Chalk Spine Under B255 Bean Road Bluewater Shopping Centre And Eastern Quarry Dartford Greenhithe Kent DA9 9ST
Received 17 Dec 202511 Broad Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7AQ
Received 19 Dec 2025Roots Allotments Shirehall Pastures Shirehall Road Hawley Kent DA2 7RP
Received 19 Dec 202581 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HQ
Received 19 Dec 202522 Kingswood Close Dartford Kent DA1 3AD
Received 22 Dec 202576 Kirby Road Dartford Kent DA2 6HF
Received 22 Dec 2025Hook Green Farm House Hook Green Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NQ
Received 22 Dec 20251 The Orchard Mounts Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9ND
Received 22 Dec 2025Ingress Abbey Prioress Crescent Greenhithe Kent DA9 9UR
Received 23 Dec 2025Ingress Abbey Prioress Crescent Greenhithe Kent DA9 9UR
Received 23 Dec 2025Sondix House Sandpit Road Dartford Kent DA1 5BU
Received 23 Dec 202547 Park Road Dartford Kent DA1 1ST
Received 23 Dec 2025Land East Of Orchard St, West Of Hythe St, North Of Spital St (Including Former Co-Op Building) Dartford DA1 1BX
Received 23 Dec 202510 Birchwood Parade Woodside Drive Wilmington Kent DA2 7NJ
Received 23 Dec 202510 Birchwood Parade Woodside Drive Wilmington Kent DA2 7NJ
Received 23 Dec 202580 Brent Lane Dartford Kent DA1 1QS
Received 23 Dec 202525 Beacon Drive Bean Kent DA2 8BE
Received 23 Dec 2025Land Lying South West Of The Junction Of Dale Road Station Road Southfleet Kent
Received 24 Dec 202522A Market Street Dartford Kent DA1 1EZ
Received 24 Dec 202567 Devonshire Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 3DN
Received 24 Dec 202516 Whitby Close Stone Greenhithe Kent DA9 9QE
Received 29 Dec 202574 Milestone Road Dartford Kent DA2 6DN
Received 29 Dec 2025Land Adjacent Polybitumen Plant And Innovation Technology Centre Burnley Road West Thurrock Essex
Received 29 Dec 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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