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.
5,831 approved · 894 refused · 331 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wilburton Leydenhatch Lane Swanley Kent BR8 7PS
Received 9 Aug 2017Community Area Griffin Walk Stone Greenhithe Kent
Received 10 Aug 201771 Woodlands Park Bexley Kent DA5 2EN
Received 10 Aug 2017Marks & Spencers Unit 3 Prospect Place Dartford Kent DA1 1DY
Received 10 Aug 201758 Brent Lane Dartford Kent DA1 1QS
Received 9 Aug 20175A Prospect Place Dartford Kent DA1 1DY
Received 10 Aug 2017Millbrook Garden Centre Station Road Southfleet DA13 9PA
Received 10 Aug 2017Car Park Adj 67 The Green And 1-4 St Margarets Close Darenth Kent
Received 11 Aug 201763 Laburnum Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 2QN
Received 11 Aug 2017Elmstone Betsham Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9PD
Received 11 Aug 2017West Village & Service Yards 5, 8 And 12 Bluewater Major Space Unit 8 Only
Received 14 Aug 201755 Eden Road Bexley Kent DA5 2EQ
Received 14 Aug 201753 Faesten Way Bexley Kent DA5 2JB
Received 14 Aug 201711 Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HS
Received 14 Aug 2017Savers Ltd 31 High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DT
Received 14 Aug 201720 Waltham Close Dartford Kent DA1 3LT
Received 14 Aug 201725 Orchard Close Longfield Kent DA3 7JP
Received 14 Aug 201719 Squires Way Wilmington Kent DA2 7NN
Received 14 Aug 2017Land North Of Hedge Place Road And South Of London Road Stone Kent
Received 14 Aug 2017West Village & Service Yards 5, 8 And 12 Bluewater Major Space Unit 8 Only
Received 14 Aug 2017West Village & Service Yards 5, 8 And 12 Bluewater Major Space Unit 8 Only
Received 14 Aug 2017West Village & Service Yards 5, 8 And 12 Bluewater Major Space Unit 8 Only
Received 14 Aug 2017West Village & Service Yards 5, 8 And 12 Bluewater Major Space Unit 8 Only
Received 14 Aug 2017147 Brent Lane Dartford Kent DA1 1QU
Received 15 Aug 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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