Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
5,653 approved · 871 refused · 318 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Oct 2014 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Clayton Croft Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7AU
Received 6 Mar 2017Greenlands Pescot Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7NA
Received 6 Mar 201756 Ship Lane Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EE
Received 6 Mar 2017Cheers Dental Practice 23 High Street Swanscombe Kent DA10 0AG
Received 3 Mar 201711 Ifield Place Charles Street Stone Kent DA9 9US
Received 3 Mar 201733 Lowfield Street Dartford Kent DA1 1EW
Received 6 Mar 2017217 Dartford Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HA
Received 6 Mar 201716 Worcester Close Greenhithe Kent DA9 9NU
Received 6 Mar 20173 Alfred Road Hawley Kent DA2 7SQ
Received 6 Mar 201733 Broomhill Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HT
Received 6 Mar 20173 Broomwood Close Bexley Kent DA5 2DG
Received 7 Mar 201716 Copseside Hartley Kent DA3 7DU
Received 7 Mar 201757 Top Dartford Road Hextable Kent
Received 7 Mar 201753 Pincroft Wood Longfield Kent DA3 7HB
Received 8 Mar 2017Unit 1 Northern Gateway Distribution Centre Central Road North Dartford Kent DA1 5XA
Received 7 Mar 2017Spring Gardens Holmesdale Road South Darenth DA4 9JP
Received 9 Mar 201780A Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HG
Received 9 Mar 201719 Maritime Close Greenhithe Kent DA9 9QW
Received 9 Mar 201784 Brent Lane Dartford Kent DA1 1QS
Received 9 Mar 2017Wilmington Grammar School For Girls Parsons Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7BB
Received 9 Mar 2017Wilmington County Primary School Common Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7DF
Received 9 Mar 2017Dartford Grammar School For Boys West Hill Dartford Kent DA1 2HW
Received 9 Mar 2017Wilmington Grammar School For Boys And Wilmington Academy Common Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7DA
Received 9 Mar 2017123 Shepherds Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2PA
Received 10 Mar 2017Records 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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