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.
6,314 approved · 983 refused · 355 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Plot 2 The Bridge Unit 1 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5FD
Received 23 Jul 2018Northern Gateway East And Mill Pond Sites (GlaxoSmithKline - Eastern Parcel) Bounded By Hythe Street, Mill Pond Road, Temple Hill And Central Road Dartford
Received 23 Jul 201859 Norfield Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7NY
Received 23 Jul 20181 Bankside Close Bexley Kent DA5 2HE
Received 24 Jul 201848 Chalet Close Bexley Kent DA5 2EY
Received 24 Jul 201881 Shepherds Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2PA
Received 24 Jul 201816 Bean Hill Cottages Southfleet Road Bean Kent DA2 8AR
Received 24 Jul 201868 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HG
Received 25 Jul 2018Willow Court 31B Devon Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9AA
Received 25 Jul 201895 Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent DA5 2EF
Received 26 Jul 2018Arendal Park Corner Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9LW
Received 26 Jul 20187 Merileys Close New Barn Longfield Kent DA3 7HY
Received 26 Jul 2018Willow Suite Littlebrook Hospital Greenacres Bow Arrow Lane Dartford Kent DA2 6PB
Received 26 Jul 20187 St Marys Way Longfield Kent DA3 7PD
Received 26 Jul 201812 Steele Avenue Greenhithe Kent DA9 9PH
Received 26 Jul 2018Meeting Room Below 91 Hilltop Gardens Dartford Kent DA1 5JF
Received 26 Jul 20185 East Wing Chapel Drive Dartford Kent DA2 6FL
Received 27 Jul 20181A Knockhall Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9HL
Received 30 Jul 2018Dartford Primary Academy (Juniors) York Road Dartford DA1 1SQ
Received 27 Jul 201852 Brent Close Dartford Kent DA2 6DB
Received 30 Jul 201859 Chestnut Grove Wilmington Kent DA2 7PQ
Received 27 Jul 2018St Clements Way Greenhithe Kent
Received 25 Jul 2018Maypole County Primary School Franklin Road Dartford Kent DA2 7UZ
Received 25 Jul 2018Former College Road Nurseries Site College Road Hextable Kent BR8 7LT
Received 27 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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