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.
6,297 approved · 980 refused · 355 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Dean And Chapter Cottages Red Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9QG
Received 27 Jun 2018Abbott Murex Site And Part Mill Pond Land To South Lower Hythe Street Dartford
Received 27 Jun 201828 Heathclose Road Dartford Kent DA1 2PU
Received 27 Jun 201857 The Green Darenth Kent DA2 6JU
Received 28 Jun 201857 The Green Darenth Kent DA2 6JU
Received 28 Jun 201835 Warren Road Wilmington Kent DA1 1PS
Received 28 Jun 2018Premier Inn Halcrow Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 5FX
Received 28 Jun 2018Major Space Unit 8 Bluewater
Received 26 Jun 20186 Sterndale Road Dartford Kent DA1 1QR
Received 28 Jun 2018Wilmington Grammar School For Boys Common Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7DA
Received 28 Jun 20182 Kingfisher Drive Greenhithe Kent DA9 9RS
Received 28 Jun 201843 Raeburn Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 3BQ
Received 29 Jun 2018Copplestone Barn End Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7PP
Received 29 Jun 2018Gransden Pencroft Drive Dartford Kent DA1 2PB
Received 29 Jun 2018British Gas Holder Site Victoria Road Dartford Kent
Received 29 Jun 20182 Woodside Cottages Darenth Wood Road Darenth Kent DA2 8AB
Received 29 Jun 201811 Riverview Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9NJ
Received 2 Jul 2018Area Of Service Yard 10 The Village (Adjacent To Red Car Park) Bluewater Shopping Centre
Received 2 Jul 2018Former Mabledon Hospital Site Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent
Received 2 Jul 201810 Attlee Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5DE
Received 2 Jul 201829 Robinson Way Northfleet Kent DA11 9AB
Received 2 Jul 20182 Oakfield Park Road Wilmington Kent DA1 2ST
Received 3 Jul 2018238 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HA
Received 3 Jul 201857 Colney Road Dartford Kent DA1 1TQ
Received 3 Jul 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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