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.
6,331 approved · 983 refused · 355 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Court Lodge Farm Hook Green Road Southfleet DA13 9NQ
Received 24 Aug 2018Darent Valley Hospital Darenth Wood Road Darenth Kent DA2 8DA
Received 24 Aug 2018Land Rear Of 2 Warren Road Wilmington Kent
Received 24 Aug 201885 Shepherds Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2PA
Received 28 Aug 2018Mind Dartford And Gravesham 20 West Hill Dartford Kent DA1 2EP
Received 28 Aug 2018Fillbaskets Red Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9QE
Received 29 Aug 20185 Radzan Close Dartford Kent DA2 7WT
Received 29 Aug 2018Fillbaskets Red Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9QE
Received 29 Aug 2018332 Princes Road Dartford Kent DA1 2PX
Received 29 Aug 2018Tudor Court Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA1 1QF
Received 30 Aug 201879 Havelock Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HZ
Received 30 Aug 2018Meadowside Burnthouse Lane Hawley Kent DA2 7SP
Received 30 Aug 2018Waitrose Supermarket 63 Station Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QA
Received 30 Aug 201826 Havelock Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HX
Received 30 Aug 2018Kielder Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA2 8DH
Received 31 Aug 201852 Hardy Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 2FE
Received 31 Aug 201843 Castle Street Swanscombe Kent DA10 0HN
Received 31 Aug 2018Swanscombe Health Centre Southfleet Road Swanscombe DA10 0BF
Received 31 Aug 2018Hulsewood Lodge Oakfield Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7AB
Received 3 Sept 201839 Dene Road Dartford Kent DA1 1LX
Received 3 Sept 2018Adjacent 1 North Road Dartford Kent DA1 3LS
Received 3 Sept 201826 Havelock Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HX
Received 30 Aug 201822 Rowan Crescent Dartford Kent DA1 2QX
Received 30 Aug 2018First Floor 67-69 High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DJ
Received 28 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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