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.
6,166 approved · 956 refused · 348 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Oct 2014 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 Drudgeon Way Bean Kent DA2 8BJ
Received 27 Feb 201869 Savoy Road Dartford Kent DA1 5AN
Received 27 Feb 201822 Lawson Gardens Dartford Kent DA1 5BJ
Received 27 Feb 2018Northfleet West Sub Station Southfleet Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 23 Feb 2018Willerby Farm Downs Road Istead Rise Gravesend Kent
Received 27 Feb 2018Land Adjacent Brooklands Lake Powder Mill Lane Wilmington Kent
Received 28 Feb 2018Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 28 Feb 20188 Landale Gardens Dartford Kent DA1 2QB
Received 1 Mar 201864 Henderson Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5JZ
Received 1 Mar 2018Opposite Old West Barn Westwood Farm Highcross Road Southfleet DA13 9PH
Received 1 Mar 2018Rosslyn Pescot Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7NA
Received 1 Mar 201823 Rectory Meadow Southfleet Kent DA13 9NY
Received 1 Mar 2018Adjacent Playground Abbey Drive Dartford Kent
Received 1 Mar 201878 Shirehall Road Hawley Kent DA2 7RP
Received 2 Mar 201811 Manor Gate Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7EW
Received 2 Mar 2018189 Hawley Road Dartford Kent DA1 1PB
Received 2 Mar 201876 Kirby Road Dartford Kent DA2 6HF
Received 2 Mar 2018Homefield Farm Homefield Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9JA
Received 2 Mar 201852 Burroughs Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5TX
Received 2 Mar 2018144 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HG
Received 5 Mar 201817 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HF
Received 5 Mar 2018Ballarat Garden Place Wilmington Kent DA2 7EP
Received 5 Mar 2018Dale Villa Dale Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NX
Received 5 Mar 201834 Tennyson Road Dartford Kent DA1 5DJ
Received 5 Mar 2018Records 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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