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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.
9,496 approved · 1,419 refused · 496 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Mar 2005 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 Fulwich Road Dartford Kent DA1 1UN
Received 23 Sept 2026Fleetdown United Football Club Heath Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2QH
Received 24 Sept 2026161 - 163 London Road Stone Kent DA2 6BJ
Received 24 Sept 2026Greenacre Oakfield Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2SP
Received 25 Sept 2026Moorcourt Gorsewood Road Longfield Kent DA3 7AD
Received 28 Sept 202615 Norfield Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7NY
Received 28 Sept 202615 Norfield Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7NY
Received 28 Sept 20265 North Riding Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HS
Received 29 Sept 20268 Clearwater Lane Dartford Kent DA1 1AP
Received 29 Sept 2026The Yew Tree Green Street Green Road Darenth Kent DA2 8DP
Received 29 Sept 2026Telephone Box Outside 19-27 Hythe Street Dartford Kent
Received 28 Sept 2026Telephone Box Outside Former Coop Hythe Street Dartford Kent
Received 28 Sept 2026101 Hedge Place Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9JY
Received 29 Sept 2026Land Adjacent 37 Capel Place Wilmington Kent DA2 7PU
Received 29 Sept 202641 Eglinton Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0HS
Received 30 Sept 202624A Hedge Place Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9JZ
Received 30 Sept 20267 Latham Close Darenth Kent DA2 6NS
Received 1 Oct 20261 Church Cottages Church Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9NR
Received 1 Oct 2026Former Lynch Plant Site And Former Ambulance Station Hawley Road Dartford Kent DA1 1PB
Received 1 Oct 2026Adjacent 31 Shiers Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 5FQ
Received 1 Oct 202682 Highfield Road Dartford Kent DA1 2JJ
Received 2 Oct 202645A Alfred Road Hawley Kent DA2 7SG
Received 2 Oct 202695 High Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7BW
Received 2 Oct 202657 Knole Road Dartford Kent DA1 3JN
Received 2 Oct 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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