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.
5,684 approved · 874 refused · 320 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Dartford Clay Shooting Club Joyce Green Gun Club Joyce Green Farm Joyce Green Lane Dartford Kent DA1 5PN
Received 24 Apr 201775 Wentworth Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3NQ
Received 24 Apr 2017Northern Gateway East (former GlaxoSmithKline - Eastern Parcel) Bounded By Mill Pond Road, Temple Hill And Central Road Dartford
Received 24 Apr 2017Friary Court Hook Green Road Southfleet DA13 9NQ
Received 24 Apr 2017Adjacent 1 Capel Place Wilmington Kent DA2 7PU
Received 25 Apr 201712 Chalet Close Bexley Kent DA5 2EY
Received 25 Apr 20178 Tower Road Dartford Kent DA1 2HE
Received 25 Apr 201736 Gunn Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0JN
Received 24 Apr 20171 Capel Place Wilmington Kent DA2 7PU
Received 25 Apr 2017Stone Pit 1 Cotton Lane Stone Kent
Received 25 Apr 201760 Trebble Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0EB
Received 24 Apr 2017Old School House School Lane Bean Kent DA2 8AL
Received 25 Apr 2017194 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HA
Received 26 Apr 201733 Roseberry Gardens Dartford Kent DA1 2NX
Received 26 Apr 20179A Tile Kiln Lane Bexley Kent DA5 2JF
Received 26 Apr 2017176 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HA
Received 26 Apr 2017116 Priory Road Dartford Kent DA1 2BN
Received 26 Apr 20178 Low Close Stone Kent DA9 9PE
Received 26 Apr 20173 Dartford Road Bexley Kent DA1 4AE
Received 26 Apr 2017Phase 3A Castle Hill Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 26 Apr 2017Land At Junction Of Cavell Crescent And Henderson Drive Dartford Kent
Received 27 Apr 20178 Priory Hill Dartford Kent DA1 2BH
Received 27 Apr 2017Fleetdown School Lunedale Road Darenth Dartford Kent DA2 6JX
Received 27 Apr 2017Old Service Station Watling Street Bean Kent DA2 8AH
Received 27 Apr 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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