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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.
9,275 approved · 1,363 refused · 488 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 The Green Darenth Kent DA2 6JR
Received 23 Apr 2026Littlebrook Hospital Greenacres Bow Arrow Lane Dartford Kent DA2 6PB
Received 23 Apr 202617 Royal Road Dartford Kent DA2 7RD
Received 27 Apr 202617 Royal Road Dartford Kent DA2 7RD
Received 27 Apr 202660 High Street Swanscombe Kent DA10 0AH
Received 27 Apr 202614 Richardson Close Stone Kent DA9 9QG
Received 28 Apr 2026Fleetdown United Football Club Heath Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2QH
Received 28 Apr 2026Bean Cottage Shellbank Lane Bean Kent DA2 8AX
Received 28 Apr 202625 Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HS
Received 28 Apr 2026Land North Of Lads Of The Village Public House Elizabeth Street Stone Greenhithe Kent
Received 28 Apr 2026Cleveland Court Main Road Longfield Kent DA3 7AG
Received 29 Apr 20263 Church Field Wilmington Kent DA2 7EJ
Received 29 Apr 202623 Main Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HG
Received 29 Apr 202630 Maryfield Close Bexley Kent DA5 2HY
Received 29 Apr 2026Pocket Play Park Rear Of 35 Montagu Gardens Dartford Kent DA1 5RP
Received 29 Apr 2026Wilmington Manor Nursing Home Common Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7BA
Received 29 Apr 202660 Havelock Drive Greenhithe Kent DA9 9XU
Received 29 Apr 202648 Joyce Green Lane Dartford Kent DA1 5HH
Received 30 Apr 2026Fleetdown United Football Club Heath Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2QH
Received 1 May 2026Phase 3 Stonepit 2 St James Lane Horns Cross Greenhithe Kent
Received 1 May 2026218 Shepherds Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2PW
Received 5 May 202641 Eglinton Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0HS
Received 5 May 2026Fleetdown United Football Club Heath Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2QH
Received 1 May 2026Fleetdown United Football Club Heath Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2QH
Received 1 May 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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