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.
5,838 approved · 896 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 Wood Close Bexley Kent DA5 2HX
Received 15 Aug 20171 Lawson Gardens Dartford Kent DA1 5BJ
Received 15 Aug 2017Springhead Bridge Link Northfleet Kent DA11 8FJ
Received 15 Aug 2017Former Northfleet West Sub Station Southfleet Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 15 Aug 2017Land South Of Coleridge Road And Land East Of Shaftsbury Lane Dartford Kent
Received 15 Aug 20171 Norfield Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7NY
Received 16 Aug 2017213 Shepherds Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2PT
Received 16 Aug 20172 High Trees Stone Dartford DA2 6PL
Received 17 Aug 201732 Brackendene Wilmington Kent DA2 7NB
Received 16 Aug 2017Old Barn Nurstead Lane Longfield Kent DA3 7AN
Received 17 Aug 201719 The Green Darenth Kent DA2 6JS
Received 17 Aug 2017Former Unwins Site Victoria Road Dartford Kent
Received 18 Aug 2017West Village & Service Yards 5, 8 And 12 Bluewater Major Space Unit 8 Only
Received 18 Aug 201767 Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent DA5 2EB
Received 18 Aug 20172 High Trees Stone Kent DA2 6PL
Received 18 Aug 20171 Colney Road Dartford Kent DA1 1TX
Received 21 Aug 201744 Hardy Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 2FE
Received 21 Aug 2017Eebs Stables Trollingdown Hill Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA2 6NR
Received 21 Aug 20175 Bullivant Close Stone Kent DA9 9PB
Received 21 Aug 2017308 Lowfield Street Dartford Kent DA1 1LH
Received 18 Aug 201740 Rosedale Close Dartford Kent DA2 6AL
Received 21 Aug 20174 Woodland Close Longfield Kent DA3 7HA
Received 21 Aug 2017106 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HG
Received 21 Aug 2017Adjacent 1 Capel Place Wilmington Kent DA2 7PU
Received 22 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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