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.
6,322 approved · 983 refused · 355 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Dale Villa Dale Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NX
Received 30 Jul 201818 Jessamine Place Dartford Kent DA2 6EU
Received 2 Aug 2018Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 2 Aug 2018Wilmington Grammar School For Girls Parsons Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7BB
Received 3 Aug 201833 Water Mill Way Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9BB
Received 31 Jul 2018Beechcare Residential Home Darenth Road Dartford DA2 7QT
Received 3 Aug 2018The Alma 26 High Street Swanscombe Kent DA10 0AB
Received 3 Aug 201844 Cedar Drive Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EN
Received 6 Aug 2018West Village & Service Yards 5, 8 And 12 Bluewater
Received 6 Aug 2018The Cottage Hawley Road Hawley Kent DA2 7RW
Received 6 Aug 201827 Studley Crescent Longfield Kent DA3 7JL
Received 6 Aug 201873 Bowmans Road Dartford Kent DA1 3QP
Received 6 Aug 201873 Warren Road Wilmington Kent DA1 1PS
Received 6 Aug 201837 Birchwood Drive Wilmington Kent DA2 7NF
Received 6 Aug 20183 Fairfax Court Dartford Kent DA1 1XY
Received 7 Aug 2018Bluewater Shopping Centre Upper Thames Walk Bluewater Greenhithe Kent
Received 7 Aug 201845 Norfield Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7NY
Received 7 Aug 201852 King Edward Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 2HY
Received 7 Aug 201895 Brent Lane Dartford Kent DA1 1QT
Received 7 Aug 2018Former Littlebrook Power Station Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5PT
Received 8 Aug 2018Land Rear Of 37-41 Brentfield Road Dartford Kent
Received 8 Aug 20184 Wellington Road Dartford Kent DA1 3EH
Received 8 Aug 201823 Baldwyns Park Bexley Kent DA5 2BE
Received 8 Aug 201815 Fernheath Way Wilmington Kent DA2 7PE
Received 8 Aug 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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