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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.
9,222 approved · 1,354 refused · 486 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jun 2007 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Moore Close Darenth Kent DA2 6NN
Received 27 Mar 2026Invicta Park Sandpit Road Dartford Kent DA1 5BU
Received 27 Mar 202625 Main Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QT
Received 30 Mar 202660 High Street Swanscombe Kent DA10 0AH
Received 30 Mar 2026Sixpence Southfleet Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7JQ
Received 30 Mar 2026Phase 1 Stonepit 2 St James Lane Horns Cross Greenhithe Kent
Received 30 Mar 2026Land North Of Railway Line And East Of Station Road Station Road Dartford Greenhithe Kent
Received 30 Mar 2026Land North Of Railway Line And East Of Station Road Station Road Dartford Greenhithe Kent
Received 30 Mar 2026Pirate Cove Adventure Golf Course Bluewater Shopping Centre Dartford Greenhithe DA9 9ST
Received 30 Mar 2026Land North Of Railway Line And East Of Station Road Station Road Dartford Greenhithe Kent
Received 30 Mar 202612 Rowlatt Close Wilmington Kent DA2 7BT
Received 30 Mar 202674 Milestone Road Dartford Kent DA2 6DN
Received 31 Mar 202641 Norfield Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7NY
Received 31 Mar 2026Bean Cottage Shellbank Lane Bean Kent DA2 8AX
Received 31 Mar 2026Abington Oakfield Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7AA
Received 1 Apr 20269 Heath Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2QE
Received 30 Mar 202677 & 77A Main Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HQ
Received 1 Apr 202624 Princes Avenue Dartford Kent DA2 6NF
Received 1 Apr 202695 Dale Street Dartford Kent DA1 5TY
Received 1 Apr 2026Land North Of Railway Line And East Of Station Road Station Road Dartford Greenhithe Kent
Received 1 Apr 202637 Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HS
Received 2 Apr 20267-9 Hythe Street Dartford Kent DA1 1BE
Received 2 Apr 2026Hayden Youth Association Leyton Cross Road Wilmington Kent
Received 7 Apr 2026Sixpence Southfleet Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7JQ
Received 7 Apr 2026Records 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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