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.
6,355 approved · 988 refused · 356 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
29 Warren Road Wilmington Kent DA1 1PS
Received 17 Oct 2018Motorline (Nissan And Skoda) Units 2-3 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5FD
Received 17 Oct 2018The Sun 16 Swanscombe Street Swanscombe Kent DA10 0BG
Received 17 Oct 201855 Spurrell Avenue Bexley Kent DA5 2EX
Received 18 Oct 201824 Brackendene Wilmington Kent DA2 7NB
Received 18 Oct 20188 Dale Walk Dartford Kent DA2 6JA
Received 19 Oct 201876 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HG
Received 19 Oct 2018North Kent College Oakfield Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2JT
Received 19 Oct 201821 Wood Close Bexley Kent DA5 2HX
Received 22 Oct 20186 Paper Mill Lane Dartford Kent DA1 5BF
Received 22 Oct 20183 Main Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QT
Received 22 Oct 2018189 Hawley Road Dartford Kent DA1 1PB
Received 22 Oct 201849 Broomhill Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HT
Received 23 Oct 2018Ground, First And Second Floors 20 High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1BY
Received 23 Oct 201823 Barnwell Road Dartford Kent DA1 5QS
Received 23 Oct 2018Prospect Place Shellbank Lane Bean DA2 8AX
Received 23 Oct 201887 Darenth Park Avenue Darenth Kent DA2 6LX
Received 23 Oct 201853 Teesdale Road Dartford Kent DA2 6LB
Received 23 Oct 20187 London Road Stone Kent DA2 6DL
Received 24 Oct 20183 St Pauls Close Swanscombe Kent DA10 0BA
Received 24 Oct 2018Northern Gateway North Central Road Dartford Kent
Received 23 Oct 2018Northern Gateway North Central Road Dartford Kent
Received 23 Oct 2018Northern Gateway North Central Road Dartford Kent
Received 23 Oct 2018Northern Gateway North Central Road Dartford Kent
Received 23 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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