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.
6,340 approved · 987 refused · 355 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 The Dell Bexley Kent DA5 2AG
Received 13 Sept 201811 St Ronans View Dartford Kent DA1 1QD
Received 13 Sept 2018The Bridge Plot 4 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent
Received 13 Sept 201824 Marcet Road Dartford Kent DA1 3AH
Received 14 Sept 2018Plot 3B Fawkes Avenue Questor Wilmington Kent
Received 14 Sept 201855 Eden Road Bexley Kent DA5 2EQ
Received 14 Sept 2018Asda Superstores Crossways Boulevard Dartford Kent DA9 9BT
Received 14 Sept 2018Asda Superstores Crossways Boulevard Dartford Kent DA9 9BT
Received 14 Sept 201821 Woodlands Park Bexley Kent DA5 2EN
Received 14 Sept 2018The Bridge Plot 4 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent
Received 13 Sept 2018The Bridge Plot 4 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent
Received 13 Sept 2018The Bridge Plot 4 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent
Received 14 Sept 2018Pentecostal Church Birch Place Horns Cross Greenhithe Kent DA9 9DP
Received 14 Sept 201851 High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DS
Received 17 Sept 201815 Walnut Tree Avenue Wilmington Kent DA1 1LJ
Received 17 Sept 201815 Walnut Tree Avenue Wilmington Kent DA1 1LJ
Received 17 Sept 2018Land East Of Lowfield Street Dartford Kent
Received 17 Sept 2018Plot 2 Questor 11 Applegarth Drive Questor Wilmington Kent DA1 1JD
Received 14 Sept 2018Nevada Hook Green Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7AJ
Received 17 Sept 2018Former Fox And Hounds Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent
Received 17 Sept 201847 Vale Road Dartford Kent DA1 2TU
Received 18 Sept 2018Knoll Hill House 1 Common Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7DE
Received 18 Sept 2018104 Wellcome Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 5JW
Received 18 Sept 2018Joyce Green Quarry Joyce Green Lane Dartford Kent
Received 18 Sept 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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