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.
5,860 approved · 902 refused · 333 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Sandringham Drive Dartford Kent DA2 7WB
Received 15 Sept 20172 Bendigo Wharf Pier Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9NS
Received 15 Sept 2017Wilmington Academy Common Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7DR
Received 15 Sept 2017Land Adjacent Milan Day Centre And Beaumont Court Westgate Road Dartford Kent
Received 15 Sept 201752 Great Queen Street Dartford Kent DA1 1TJ
Received 18 Sept 201748 Lonsdale Crescent Darenth Kent DA2 6LG
Received 18 Sept 2017Oakfield Primary Academy Oakfield Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2SW
Received 18 Sept 2017101 Mounts Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9ND
Received 18 Sept 2017Blue House Sandy Lane Bean Kent DA2 8AE
Received 18 Sept 2017The Ridings Darenth Wood Road Darenth DA2 8AA
Received 18 Sept 201792 Ashen Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3LX
Received 19 Sept 2017Fairway Main Road Longfield Kent DA3 7AS
Received 19 Sept 201730 Waterstone Way Stone Kent DA9 9TU
Received 19 Sept 2017Kilree Red Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9QE
Received 19 Sept 2017Edgefield Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA1 1QE
Received 19 Sept 201764 Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HE
Received 20 Sept 201745 Leyton Cross Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7AW
Received 19 Sept 2017Craylands Primary School Craylands Lane Swanscombe Kent DA10 0LP
Received 18 Sept 2017Electricity Sub Station Rear Of Library 80 Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent
Received 20 Sept 201758 Steele Avenue Greenhithe Kent DA9 9PH
Received 21 Sept 201713 Acacia Road Horns Cross Kent DA9 9DJ
Received 21 Sept 2017Abbott Murex Site And Part Mill Pond Land To South Lower Hythe Street Dartford Kent DA1 1BN
Received 21 Sept 2017Unit 4 Whiffens Farm Clement Street Swanley BR8 7PQ
Received 21 Sept 2017Saxonbury Station Road Southfleet Kent
Received 21 Sept 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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