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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 dates14,510Searchable applications
239Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 10,593 approved or refused records
1,358Refused applications
9,235 approved · 1,358 refused · 486 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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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.
More application records
- Decided26/00388/FUL
Demolition of the existing garage and erection of a two storey side and single storey front extension
79 Lunedale Road Dartford Kent DA2 6LW
Received 7 Apr 2026 - Decided26/00389/FUL
Loft conversion including a hip to gable roof extension with rear-facing flat roof dormer and associated internal and external changes
15 Broomhill Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HT
Received 7 Apr 2026 - Awaiting decision26/00390/CDNA
Submission of details relating to contamination pursuant to condition 4 of planning permission DA/21/00724/FUL (granted on appeal) for the erection of 3 buildings up to four storeys in height to provide 47 flats with off-street car parking, communal amenity space, hard and soft landscaping, recycling and refuse storage facilities and new vehicular accesses serving the site from Station Road and Station Approach
Land North Of Railway Line And East Of Station Road Station Road Dartford Greenhithe Kent
Received 7 Apr 2026 - Decided26/00391/CDNA
Submission of details relating to contamination pursuant to condition 4 (in part) of planning permission DA/21/00724/FUL (granted on appeal) for the erection of 3 buildings up to four storeys in height to provide 47 flats with off-street car parking, communal amenity space, hard and soft landscaping, recycling and refuse storage facilities and new vehicular accesses serving the site from Station Road and Station Approach
Land North Of Railway Line And East Of Station Road Station Road Dartford Greenhithe Kent
Received 7 Apr 2026 - Awaiting decision26/00392/FUL
Demolition of existing parking area and garage, erection of off road parking and games room (Retrospective application)
2 The Orchard Mounts Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9ND
Received 7 Apr 2026 - Decided26/00393/FUL
Erection of a front and rear extension, and an outbuilding
61 Knole Road Dartford Kent DA1 3JN
Received 7 Apr 2026 - Decided26/00394/FUL
Erection of a single storey infill extension, provision of dormer window in rear elevation and roof lights in front elevation in connection with providing additional rooms in the roof space and erection of a detached garage
85 Ashen Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3LZ
Received 7 Apr 2026 - Decided26/00395/TPO
Application for Oak T3 - Complete removal (felling) of the tree to ground level, subject to Tree Preservation Order No.1 2020
146 Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent DA5 2EU
Received 7 Apr 2026 - Decided26/00397/FUL
Erection of a double storey rear extension with extension of the existing roof
12 Stanham Road Dartford Kent DA1 3AW
Received 7 Apr 2026 - Decided26/00398/FUL
Erection of a single-storey outbuilding ancillary to the main dwelling, including associated works and installation of solar panels
23 Oakfield Park Road Wilmington Kent DA1 2SR
Received 7 Apr 2026 - Decided26/00399/CDNA
Submission of details relating to remediation strategy pursuant to condition 5 of planning permission 24/01207/FUL (granted on appeal) for the creation of a 3G Stadia Artificial Grass Pitch (AGP) with perimeter fencing, acoustic fencing, hardstanding areas, storage container, floodlights, spectator stands, an access footpath and associated bund
Fleetdown United Football Club Heath Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2QH
Received 16 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00401/TPO
Application to fell T2, subject to Tree Preservation Order No.3 1971
4 Woodberry Grove Bexley Kent DA5 2JT
Received 7 Apr 2026 - Decided26/00402/TPO
Application to fell T1 Ash, subject to Tree Preservation Order No.2 1969
Jays 6 Weird Wood Longfield Kent DA3 7HT
Received 7 Apr 2026 - Decided26/00404/FUL
Front extension, raising of overall height to facilitate a pitched roof, and external alterations to Building E
149 Church Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0HL
Received 8 Apr 2026 - Decided26/00405/FUL
Expansion and resurfacing of care home car park including provision of drainage
Broadoak Manor Broadoak Close Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HF
Received 8 Apr 2026 - Decided26/00406/EDCCON
Reconsultation on application Submission of a Verification Report confirming the completion and effectiveness of Phase 2 remediation works (Condition 12), and a Surface Water Drainage Verification Report (Condition 13), pursuant to planning permission reference EDC/22/0110 for a waste management facility, within Ebbsfleet Development Corporation
Unit 6 Rod End Estate Northfleet Industrial Estate Lower Road Northfleet Kent DA11 9SN
Received 7 Apr 2026 - Decided26/00407/CDNA
Submission of details relating to Hedge Protection Measures Details (Condition 4), Landscaping Scheme and Management Plan (Condition 12), Ecology Enhancement Scheme (Condition 17), Landscape and Ecological Management Plan (Condition 18), of planning permission DA/24/01398/FUL for the development of four residential dwellings (all single storey) with associated private amenity space and landscaping. Creation of car parking for the proposed development and for Tuppence House (including provision of spaces to the west of the building)
Land At Brickfield Farm Close Longfield Kent DA3 7PJ
Received 9 Apr 2026 - Decided26/00410/FUL
Erection of a detached outbuilding to the rear or the property to be used incidental to the main dwelling house
16 Salisbury Road Dartford Kent DA2 6GY
Received 9 Apr 2026 - Decided26/00411/TPO
Application for T2 and T4 (Pine trees) reduce height from approx 18m to 13m (see annotated photo) subject to Tree Preservation Order No.2 2001
42 Longfield Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7LA
Received 9 Apr 2026 - Decided26/00412/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
Tudor Court Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA1 1QF
Received 9 Apr 2026 - Decided26/00413/FUL
Erection of a front porch and a single storey rear extension (Part-retrospective)
44 Howard Road Dartford Kent DA1 1XH
Received 9 Apr 2026 - Decided26/00414/TPO
Application to remove Ash tree to ground level, subject to Tree Preservation Order No.7 1988
6 Merileys Close New Barn Longfield Kent DA3 7HY
Received 9 Apr 2026 - Decided26/00415/TPO
Application for T1 large dead Sweet Chestnut over garage - Dismantle; T2 Sweet Chestnut to rear of garage -Dismantle; T3/4 Sycamores to rear of garages growing through fence - Dismantle; T5 large Ivy covered Sweet Chestnut to rear of T3/4 - Dismantle to leave as 4/5m monolith ensuring it is not within falling distance of the buildings, subject to Tree Preservation Orders No.9 1987 and No.3 1997
56A Briar Road Bexley Kent DA5 2HW
Received 9 Apr 2026 - Decided26/00416/NONMAT
Non-material amendment following grant of planning permission DA/05/00246/FUL to replace the existing externally mounted timber cladding with aluminium cladding panels in a plank-based format and a timber-effect finish.
Dartford Football Club Princes Park Stadium Grassbanks Dartford Kent DA1 1RT
Received 9 Apr 2026
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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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