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.
6,281 approved · 979 refused · 354 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Sept 2014 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
28 Shepherds Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2NU
Received 23 May 2018First Floor 67-69 High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DJ
Received 22 May 2018Sherwood Glen Common Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7DB
Received 23 May 2018Sherwood Glen Common Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7DB
Received 23 May 201837 Squires Way Wilmington Kent DA2 7NN
Received 23 May 201868 Little Queen Street Dartford Kent DA1 1TL
Received 23 May 2018Plot 2 The Bridge Unit 1 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5FD
Received 24 May 201837 Eglinton Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0HS
Received 24 May 20182 Brewers Field Wilmington Kent DA2 7PJ
Received 24 May 201813 Barker Fields Southfleet Kent DA13 9AL
Received 24 May 2018Royal Bank Of Scotland 1 - 2 Copperfields Dartford Kent DA1 2DE
Received 24 May 2018Glaemhyrst Parsons Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7BB
Received 25 May 201877 Joyce Green Lane Dartford Kent DA1 5HJ
Received 25 May 2018Adjacent 1 Clarendon Gardens Dartford Kent DA2 6EY
Received 29 May 201823 Lingfield Avenue Dartford Kent DA2 6AP
Received 25 May 2018Unit 1A Westwood Farm Highcross Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9PH
Received 25 May 201862 Squires Way Wilmington Kent DA2 7NW
Received 29 May 2018Lane End Garage Green Street Green Road Darenth Kent DA2 7JR
Received 29 May 201812 Steele Avenue Greenhithe Kent DA9 9PH
Received 29 May 201855 Burnham Road Dartford Kent DA1 5AY
Received 29 May 2018Land East Of Lowfield Street Dartford
Received 20 Apr 2018Land East Of Lowfield Street Dartford
Received 20 Apr 2018Land East Of Lowfield Street Dartford
Received 20 Apr 2018Land East Of Lowfield Street Dartford
Received 20 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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