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.
6,263 approved · 975 refused · 353 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Asda Superstores Crossways Boulevard Dartford DA9 9BT
Received 13 Apr 201810 Rowlatt Close Wilmington Kent DA2 7BT
Received 13 Apr 20186 Downs Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 1SU
Received 13 Apr 20186 Downs Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 1SU
Received 13 Apr 201820 Hasted Close Greenhithe Kent DA9 9HT
Received 16 Apr 2018Prospect Place Retail Park Prospect Place Dartford Kent
Received 16 Apr 201831 Tile Kiln Lane Bexley Kent DA5 2JF
Received 16 Apr 201876 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HG
Received 16 Apr 201812 Dewlands Avenue Dartford Kent DA2 6AJ
Received 16 Apr 201812 Morland Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 3BN
Received 16 Apr 20184 Sycamore Road Dartford Kent DA1 2QS
Received 16 Apr 201843 Myrtle Road Dartford Kent DA1 2RJ
Received 16 Apr 20189 Sinclair Way Darenth Kent DA2 7JS
Received 16 Apr 2018Wastdale Red Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9QE
Received 16 Apr 2018Land At London Road And West Of Craylands Lane Craylands Lane Swanscombe Kent
Received 17 Apr 201822 Wilmot Road Dartford Kent DA1 3BA
Received 17 Apr 20189 Heathwood Walk Bexley Kent DA5 2BP
Received 17 Apr 201817 Fairlight Cross Longfield Kent DA3 7JD
Received 18 Apr 20187 Kenwood Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7EX
Received 18 Apr 2018Tudor Lodge New Barn Road Southfleet Kent DA3 7LT
Received 18 Apr 2018First Floor 67-69 High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DJ
Received 18 Apr 20187 Gainsborough Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 3AS
Received 19 Apr 2018Along Portland Place Greenhithe Kent
Received 19 Apr 20182 Fleet Road Dartford Kent DA2 6JE
Received 19 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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