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.
5,910 approved · 909 refused · 334 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
127 Fulwich Road Dartford Kent DA1 1UN
Received 9 Nov 201723 Childs Crescent Swanscombe Kent DA10 0EA
Received 9 Nov 2017C.Ro Ports London Ltd London Road Purfleet Thurrock Essex
Received 10 Nov 2017Pavilion Baker Crescent Dartford Kent
Received 8 Nov 2017Nationwide 7 - 9 Hythe Street Dartford Kent DA1 1BE
Received 10 Nov 20179 The Old Yews Longfield Kent DA3 7JS
Received 10 Nov 2017Glow Bluewater
Received 10 Nov 2017The Chapel Constance Grove Dartford Kent DA1 2GA
Received 10 Nov 2017Job Centre 61 Lowfield Street Dartford Kent DA1 1JY
Received 13 Nov 201719 Meadow Walk Wilmington Kent DA2 7BP
Received 13 Nov 2017Redeemed Church Of God City Of David 46 Lowfield Street Dartford Kent DA1 1HJ
Received 13 Nov 2017Northfleet West Sub Station Southfleet Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 13 Nov 20178 Low Close Stone Kent DA9 9PE
Received 13 Nov 2017Parcel L - Land At Parcel 5 Castle Hill Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 14 Nov 2017The Co-operative Food 38 Chastilian Road Dartford Kent DA1 3JJ
Received 15 Nov 2017Land Off Northdown Road Longfield Kent
Received 15 Nov 201712 Dovedale Road Dartford Kent DA2 6JJ
Received 15 Nov 2017Storage Area Cliffside Court West Hill Dartford Kent
Received 16 Nov 201725 Copperfields Dartford Kent DA1 2DE
Received 14 Nov 2017146 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HG
Received 16 Nov 2017Depot Rear Of 2 Temple Hill Square Dartford Kent
Received 15 Nov 201718 Heathwood Walk Bexley Kent DA5 2BP
Received 16 Nov 20175 Lawson Road Dartford Kent DA1 5FZ
Received 16 Nov 201796 North Road Dartford Kent DA1 3NB
Received 16 Nov 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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