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.
6,185 approved · 957 refused · 348 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Sept 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Heathclose Road Dartford Kent DA1 2PU
Received 13 Mar 20181 Bullace Lane Dartford Kent DA1 1BB
Received 13 Mar 20181 Bullace Lane Dartford Kent DA1 1BB
Received 13 Mar 2018Plot 2 Applegarth Drive Questor Wilmington Kent
Received 13 Mar 2018Plot 3B Fawkes Avenue Questor Wilmington Kent
Received 13 Mar 2018Plot 2 Applegarth Drive Questor Wilmington Kent
Received 13 Mar 2018Plot 3B Fawkes Avenue Questor Wilmington Kent
Received 13 Mar 2018Plot 2 Questor 11 Applegarth Drive Questor Wilmington Kent DA1 1JD
Received 13 Mar 2018Plot 2 Questor 11 Applegarth Drive Questor Wilmington Kent DA1 1JD
Received 13 Mar 2018Plot 3B Fawkes Avenue Questor Wilmington Kent
Received 13 Mar 2018Plot 3B Fawkes Avenue Questor Wilmington Kent
Received 13 Mar 2018Plot 2 Questor 11 Applegarth Drive Questor Wilmington Kent DA1 1JD
Received 13 Mar 2018Plot 3B Fawkes Avenue Questor Wilmington Kent
Received 13 Mar 20189 Kingswood Close Dartford Kent DA1 3AD
Received 13 Mar 2018Former Fox And Hounds Green Street Green Road Darenth DA2 7JR
Received 13 Mar 2018KC Car Sales Workshop 80A The Brent Dartford Kent DA1 1YW
Received 13 Mar 20184 Dawes Close Stone Kent DA9 9RA
Received 13 Mar 201864 Red Lodge Road Bexley Kent DA5 2JP
Received 14 Mar 2018Opunake New Barn Road Longfield Kent DA3 7LG
Received 14 Mar 2018Northern Gateway East And Mill Pond Sites (GlaxoSmithKline - Eastern Parcel) Bounded By Hythe Street, Mill Pond Road, Temple Hill And Central Road Dartford
Received 14 Mar 2018Northern Gateway East And Mill Pond Sites (GlaxoSmithKline - Eastern Parcel) Bounded By Hythe Street, Mill Pond Road, Temple Hill And Central Road Dartford
Received 14 Mar 20182 Fleet Road Dartford Kent DA2 6JE
Received 14 Mar 201814 Vine Cottages Betsham Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0EU
Received 15 Mar 2018Greenfield Red Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9QJ
Received 15 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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