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.
6,275 approved · 978 refused · 354 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
31 Chestnut Road Dartford Kent DA1 2LB
Received 2 May 201818 Heathwood Walk Bexley Kent DA5 2BP
Received 2 May 201842 Longfield Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7LA
Received 2 May 201895 High Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7BW
Received 2 May 20184 Bott Road Hawley Kent DA2 7RX
Received 2 May 2018Downs Lodge Trollingdown Hill Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA2 6NR
Received 3 May 20182 Pentstemon Drive Swanscombe Kent DA10 0NB
Received 3 May 20181 Fleet Road Dartford Kent DA2 6JE
Received 3 May 20182 And 3 Court Hill Cottages Hook Green Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NG
Received 3 May 201843 Raeburn Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 3BQ
Received 3 May 201837 Myrtle Place Dartford Kent DA2 6ER
Received 4 May 201853 Farnol Road Dartford Kent DA1 5NG
Received 4 May 201813 Lawson Road Dartford Kent DA1 5FZ
Received 4 May 2018302 Dartford Road Dartford Kent DA1 3EZ
Received 4 May 2018Blocks C&D St Clements Valley Greenhithe
Received 4 May 201815 Bramble Avenue Bean Kent DA2 8BP
Received 8 May 2018238 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HA
Received 8 May 2018Plot 9 Eclipse Park Sittingbourne Road North Maidstone Kent
Received 4 May 201877 Willow Road Dartford Kent DA1 2QG
Received 8 May 201819 Royal Road Hawley Kent DA2 7RD
Received 8 May 2018105 Swaisland Road Dartford Kent DA1 3BZ
Received 8 May 201810 Manor Gate Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7EW
Received 8 May 2018The Warren 29 High Street Greenhithe Kent DA9 9NL
Received 8 May 201821 Devonshire Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 3DN
Received 8 May 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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