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.
5,780 approved · 886 refused · 329 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Lawrence Hill Road Dartford Kent DA1 3AG
Received 7 Jul 2017265 Princes Road Dartford Kent DA1 2PY
Received 10 Jul 20174 Woodland Close Longfield Kent DA3 7HA
Received 10 Jul 2017Adjacent 1 Capel Place Wilmington Kent DA2 7PU
Received 10 Jul 201752 Hardy Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 2FE
Received 10 Jul 2017Scadbury Farm New Barn Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NT
Received 10 Jul 2017Unit 7A Saunders Way Questor Wilmington Kent DA1 1JW
Received 10 Jul 2017Former Coldart Business Centre King Edward Avenue Dartford Kent
Received 10 Jul 2017Dene House Park Way Bexley DA5 2JD
Received 11 Jul 201733 Broomhill Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HT
Received 10 Jul 201734 Oakfield Park Road Wilmington Kent DA1 2ST
Received 11 Jul 2017Castle Hill Central Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 10 Jul 2017Former Northfleet West Sub Station Southfleet Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 10 Jul 2017North Kent College Oakfield Lane Wilmington Kent DA1 2JT
Received 11 Jul 201769 Devon Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9AA
Received 12 Jul 2017274/274A Main Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HJ
Received 12 Jul 2017Hook Place Farm Hook Green Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NH
Received 12 Jul 2017Temple Hill County Primary School St Edmunds Road Dartford Kent DA1 5ND
Received 11 Jul 201766 Hawley Road Dartford Kent DA1 1PA
Received 11 Jul 2017Langar, Bel Esprit & Aquarius New Barn Road Longfield Kent DA3 7LG
Received 12 Jul 201728 Penney Close Dartford Kent DA1 2NE
Received 12 Jul 2017Outside 2 Calvert Drive And Adjacent 15 Abbey Drive Dartford Kent DA2 7GA
Received 12 Jul 2017In Front Of 27-53 (o) Pinewood Place Dartford Kent
Received 12 Jul 2017Outside 3-6 Chapel Walk Dartford Kent
Received 12 Jul 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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