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.
5,870 approved · 903 refused · 333 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Saxonbury Station Road Southfleet Kent
Received 21 Sept 2017Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 20 Sept 2017Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 21 Sept 20176 Broomwood Close Bexley Kent DA5 2DG
Received 22 Sept 2017Delmergate Ltd 1 Homberg House Telford Square Dartford Kent DA1 5FP
Received 22 Sept 2017554 Princes Road Dartford Kent DA2 6NG
Received 22 Sept 201754 Berkeley Crescent Dartford Kent DA1 1NH
Received 22 Sept 2017118 Brent Lane Dartford Kent DA1 1QX
Received 22 Sept 201723 Rectory Meadow Southfleet Kent DA13 9NY
Received 25 Sept 2017Lower Ground Floor Moatfield House Highfield Road Dartford Kent
Received 25 Sept 201711 Bondfield Walk Dartford Kent DA1 5JS
Received 25 Sept 201737 & 37A Ingram Road Dartford Kent DA1 1JL
Received 26 Sept 20171 Coniston Close Dartford Kent DA1 2TY
Received 25 Sept 2017189 Princes Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HP
Received 26 Sept 201738 Wellcome Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 5JW
Received 26 Sept 2017Land North Of Railway Line And East Of Station Road Greenhithe Kent
Received 26 Sept 201770 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HG
Received 26 Sept 201728 Gore Road Darenth Kent DA2 6LT
Received 27 Sept 201754 Barfield Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EL
Received 27 Sept 2017Rowhill Stables Rowhill Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7QQ
Received 27 Sept 2017West Village & Service Yards 5, 8 And 12 Bluewater Major Space Unit 8 Only
Received 27 Sept 201751 High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DS
Received 28 Sept 2017Land South Of Coleridge Road And Land East Of Shaftsbury Lane Dartford Kent
Received 27 Sept 20179 Hurlfield Wilmington Kent DA2 7BH
Received 28 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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