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.
5,666 approved · 872 refused · 319 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
33 Cranford Road Dartford Kent DA1 1JP
Received 20 Mar 201799 Brent Close Dartford Kent DA2 6DH
Received 21 Mar 201734A Valley View Greenhithe Kent DA9 9LU
Received 21 Mar 201722 Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent DA5 2HP
Received 21 Mar 201713 Broad Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7AQ
Received 21 Mar 201719 Louvain Road Horns Cross Greenhithe Kent DA9 9DY
Received 20 Mar 201718 Carsington Gardens Wilmington Kent DA1 2SS
Received 21 Mar 201737 Leyton Cross Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7AW
Received 21 Mar 2017Dartford Grammar School For Boys West Hill Dartford Kent DA1 2HW
Received 21 Mar 20179 The Chenies Wilmington Kent DA2 7NP
Received 21 Mar 20179 Reservoir Close Greenhithe Kent DA9 9BX
Received 21 Mar 201714 Lavinia Road Dartford Kent DA1 1TS
Received 22 Mar 201722 Carisbrooke Court Osbourne Road Dartford Kent DA2 6RQ
Received 22 Mar 2017217 Coombfield Drive Darenth Kent DA2 7LF
Received 22 Mar 20177 Caspian Way Swanscombe Kent DA10 0LB
Received 23 Mar 201738 Park Lane Stone Kent DA9 9RZ
Received 23 Mar 20179 Wilmot Road Dartford Kent DA1 3BA
Received 20 Mar 2017Hook Green Lodge Hook Green Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NQ
Received 23 Mar 201716 Wellington Road Dartford Kent DA1 3EH
Received 23 Mar 201721 Broomhill Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HT
Received 21 Mar 201741 Woodlands Park Bexley Kent DA5 2EN
Received 23 Mar 201721 Morris Gardens Dartford Kent DA1 5DB
Received 22 Mar 201760 Trebble Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0EB
Received 22 Mar 2017Land Opposite Birdswood And Rear Of Birdwood And Haldon Rowhill Road Wilmington Kent
Received 22 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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