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.
6,328 approved · 983 refused · 355 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Oakfield Park Road Wilmington Kent DA1 2SR
Received 21 Aug 2018173 Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent DA2 7PD
Received 22 Aug 201826 Warren Road Wilmington Kent DA1 1PH
Received 22 Aug 201834 Squires Way Wilmington Kent DA2 7NW
Received 22 Aug 2018West View Southfleet Road Bean DA2 8BS
Received 22 Aug 2018Major Space Unit 8 Bluewater
Received 22 Aug 20181 Cowdrey Court Dartford Kent DA1 2PL
Received 22 Aug 2018189 Hawley Road Dartford Kent DA1 1PB
Received 21 Aug 2018189 Hawley Road Dartford Kent DA1 1PB
Received 21 Aug 2018189 Hawley Road Dartford Kent DA1 1PB
Received 21 Aug 2018189 Hawley Road Dartford Kent DA1 1PB
Received 21 Aug 2018Old West Barn Westwood Farm Highcross Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9PH
Received 22 Aug 201875 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HQ
Received 22 Aug 2018Land West Of Darenth Road (including Land At Clubbs Pit) Darenth Road Darenth
Received 22 Aug 20189-10 Cobham Terrace Bean Road Greenhithe Kent
Received 23 Aug 201842 West Hill Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3DU
Received 23 Aug 2018First And Second Floors 20 High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1BY
Received 24 Aug 20181 Gladstone Cottages Red Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9QF
Received 24 Aug 201821 Harold Road Hawley Kent DA2 7SA
Received 24 Aug 20183 Westgate House Spital Street Dartford Kent DA1 2EH
Received 24 Aug 20187 Cumberland Drive Dartford Kent DA1 1NB
Received 24 Aug 2018265 Princes Road Dartford Kent DA1 2PY
Received 24 Aug 201828 Ash Road Dartford Kent DA1 2RL
Received 24 Aug 2018Rod End Estate Northfleet Industrial Estate Lower Road Northfleet Kent
Received 24 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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