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.
6,370 approved · 989 refused · 356 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
172 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HA
Received 1 Nov 201810 Silver Birch Close Wilmington Kent DA2 7NH
Received 1 Nov 2018Northfleet West Sub Station Southfleet Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 31 Oct 2018Clevis New Barn Road Longfield Kent DA3 7JE
Received 1 Nov 2018Bowling Green Empire Bowls Club Norton Lane Greenhithe Kent DA9 9XY
Received 2 Nov 2018Hazelwood Rowhill Road Wilmington DA2 7QQ
Received 2 Nov 20187 Pilgrims Way Dartford Kent DA1 1QZ
Received 5 Nov 201819 Dene Close Wilmington Kent DA2 7ND
Received 5 Nov 2018105 Wentworth Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3NQ
Received 5 Nov 2018Rear Of 79 To 85 East Hill Dartford Kent DA1 1SN
Received 5 Nov 2018West Hill House West Hill Dartford Kent
Received 5 Nov 201866 Norman Road Dartford Kent DA1 1LF
Received 5 Nov 201815 & 17 Sedley Southfleet Kent DA13 9PE
Received 2 Nov 20189 Longfield Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7LF
Received 2 Nov 20189 Garrow Longfield Kent DA3 7JN
Received 5 Nov 2018Land Rear Of Questor House Questor Wilmington Kent DA1 1JG
Received 5 Nov 201815 Kent Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QR
Received 5 Nov 201812 Havelock Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HX
Received 1 Nov 2018Land Rear Of Barton Road Sutton At Hone Kent
Received 5 Nov 20185 Bradbrook Drive Longfield Kent DA3 7BF
Received 6 Nov 20182 Capel Place Wilmington Kent DA2 7PU
Received 6 Nov 2018Colt Lodge 9 New Barn Road Southfleet DA3 7LQ
Received 6 Nov 2018Site At Junction Of King Edward Avenue West Hill Dartford Kent
Received 6 Nov 2018127 The Brent Dartford Kent DA1 1YH
Received 6 Nov 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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