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.
6,380 approved · 992 refused · 358 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Site At Junction Of King Edward Avenue West Hill Dartford Kent
Received 6 Nov 2018Site At Junction Of King Edward Avenue West Hill Dartford Kent
Received 6 Nov 201847 Attlee Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5DN
Received 12 Nov 201855 Eden Road Bexley Kent DA5 2EQ
Received 12 Nov 201825 Chave Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7ED
Received 12 Nov 2018Stone Chapel Birch Place Horns Cross Greenhithe Kent DA9 9DP
Received 12 Nov 2018Adjacent 29 Hardy Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 2FE
Received 12 Nov 201813 Rosedale Close Dartford Kent DA2 6AL
Received 12 Nov 201812 Fairway Drive Dartford Kent DA2 6AR
Received 12 Nov 2018Stone Church Of England Primary School Hayes Road Horns Cross Greenhithe Kent DA9 9EF
Received 13 Nov 201822 Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HF
Received 13 Nov 201815 Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HS
Received 6 Nov 2018No Frills Brewery 50 Wakefield Road (Rear Of 20 To 20A Knockhall Road) Greenhithe Kent
Received 13 Nov 2018Land To The East Of Central Road Central Road Dartford Kent
Received 13 Nov 201822 Perkins Close Stone Kent DA9 9QF
Received 14 Nov 201847 Vale Road Dartford Kent DA1 2TU
Received 14 Nov 20189 Banbury Villas Hook Green Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NF
Received 14 Nov 2018Cheers Dental Practice 23 High Street Swanscombe Kent DA10 0AG
Received 8 Nov 2018Cheers Dental Practice 23 High Street Swanscombe Kent DA10 0AG
Received 8 Nov 2018Cheers Dental Practice 23 High Street Swanscombe Kent DA10 0AG
Received 8 Nov 201826 - 28 Westgate Road Dartford Kent DA1 2AN
Received 14 Nov 2018Cheers Dental Practice 23 High Street Swanscombe Kent DA10 0AG
Received 8 Nov 2018Cheers Dental Practice 23 High Street Swanscombe Kent DA10 0AG
Received 8 Nov 2018Cheers Dental Practice 23 High Street Swanscombe Kent DA10 0AG
Received 8 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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