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.
6,347 approved · 988 refused · 356 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
24 Brackendene Wilmington Kent DA2 7NB
Received 24 Sept 201839 West Hill Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3DU
Received 24 Sept 201811 Heathwood Walk Bexley Kent DA5 2BP
Received 25 Sept 2018Asda Superstores Crossways Boulevard Dartford DA9 9BT
Received 25 Sept 20182 Woodview Cottages Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA2 8DR
Received 25 Sept 201850 Pentstemon Drive Swanscombe Kent DA10 0NJ
Received 26 Sept 201857 Mill Road Hawley Kent DA2 7RY
Received 26 Sept 2018Copplestone Barn End Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7PP
Received 27 Sept 2018Darenth Court Quarry Darenth Road Darenth Kent
Received 27 Sept 20187 Maryfield Close Bexley Kent DA5 2HY
Received 27 Sept 2018Portland Place Ingress Park Greenhithe Kent
Received 27 Sept 2018Rear Of 12 -16 The Dell Greenhithe Kent
Received 27 Sept 2018East Of Mount Nod London Road Greenhithe Kent
Received 27 Sept 2018Nature Trail North East Of Mount Nod London Road Greenhithe Kent
Received 27 Sept 2018Adjacent 19 Watermans Way Greenhithe Kent DA9 9GJ
Received 27 Sept 20181-10 Axtane Close Sutton At Hone Kent
Received 27 Sept 2018Station House Station Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9PA
Received 1 Oct 2018Tudor Lodge New Barn Road Southfleet DA3 7LT
Received 1 Oct 201868A East Hill Dartford Kent DA1 1RZ
Received 1 Oct 201859 Norfield Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7NY
Received 1 Oct 2018Darenth Primary School Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA2 8DH
Received 28 Sept 201810 Albert Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7DL
Received 28 Sept 20184 Festival Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HR
Received 28 Sept 20182 Garrow Longfield Kent DA3 7JN
Received 1 Oct 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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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