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.
6,200 approved · 960 refused · 349 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Northern Gateway East And Mill Pond Sites (GlaxoSmithKline - Eastern Parcel) Bounded By Hythe Street, Mill Pond Road, Temple Hill And Central Road Dartford
Received 28 Mar 201832 St James Lane Horns Cross Greenhithe Kent DA9 9LG
Received 28 Mar 2018Land Adjacent Davanden Kennels Cotton Lane Stone DA9 9BB
Received 28 Mar 2018The Bridge Plot 4 Rennie Drive The Bridge Dartford Kent
Received 28 Mar 201821 Berkeley Crescent Dartford Kent DA1 1NH
Received 29 Mar 2018199 Dartford Road Dartford Kent DA1 3EW
Received 29 Mar 201843 North Road Dartford Kent DA1 3ND
Received 29 Mar 201821 Fleet Avenue Dartford Kent DA2 6NL
Received 29 Mar 201847 Pinewood Place Dartford Kent DA2 7WN
Received 29 Mar 201862 Page Close Bean Kent DA2 8BX
Received 29 Mar 20188 Ladywood Road Darenth Kent DA2 7LL
Received 29 Mar 2018Old West Barn Westwood Farm Highcross Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9PH
Received 29 Mar 2018Old West Barn Westwood Farm Highcross Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9PH
Received 29 Mar 201830 Brakefield Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9PZ
Received 3 Apr 201824 Miskin Road Dartford Kent DA1 2LS
Received 3 Apr 201810 Main Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QZ
Received 3 Apr 2018178 Shirehall Road Hawley Kent DA2 7SW
Received 3 Apr 201837 Essex Road Dartford Kent DA1 2AU
Received 3 Apr 2018Wilmington House Church Walk Wilmington Kent
Received 3 Apr 201820 Fleet Road Dartford Kent DA2 6JE
Received 4 Apr 20183 Studley Crescent Longfield Kent DA3 7JL
Received 4 Apr 20184 Lambert Mews Southfleet Kent DA13 9AN
Received 4 Apr 2018Wilmington Manor Lodge Parsons Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7BB
Received 5 Apr 20187 Cumberland Drive Dartford Kent DA1 1NB
Received 6 Apr 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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