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.
6,694 approved · 1,041 refused · 376 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Sept 2014 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Outside Sycamore And Oakdene Church Hill Wilmington DA2 7EH
Received 12 Dec 20181st, 2nd & 3rd Floors Banks Place Market Place Dartford Kent
Received 11 Dec 2018Stone Pit 1 Atlas Park London Road Stone
Received 12 Dec 201814-16 Heathclose Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 2PH
Received 12 Dec 201810 Manor Gate Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7EW
Received 13 Dec 201835 Tennyson Road Dartford Kent DA1 5DJ
Received 13 Dec 201832 Swaisland Road Dartford Kent DA1 3DE
Received 13 Dec 201822 Bedford Road Dartford Kent DA1 1SR
Received 14 Dec 201893 Brent Lane Dartford Kent DA1 1QT
Received 14 Dec 2018Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 14 Dec 2018Unit SVU04 Plaza - Upper Bluewater Greenhithe Kent DA9 9SG
Received 17 Dec 2018Rear Of 79 To 85 East Hill Dartford Kent DA1 1SN
Received 17 Dec 2018Stone Lodge Complex Cotton Lane Stone DA2 6PD
Received 17 Dec 201811 Keith Avenue Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HH
Received 17 Dec 2018Land West Of Central Road North Dartford
Received 17 Dec 201864 Joydens Wood Road Bexley Kent DA5 2HT
Received 17 Dec 2018Rear Of 79 To 85 East Hill Dartford Kent DA1 1SN
Received 17 Dec 2018Rear Of 79 To 85 East Hill Dartford Kent DA1 1SN
Received 17 Dec 2018Rear Of 79 To 85 East Hill Dartford Kent DA1 1SN
Received 17 Dec 2018Rear Of 79 To 85 East Hill Dartford Kent DA1 1SN
Received 17 Dec 2018Rear Of 79 To 85 East Hill Dartford Kent DA1 1SN
Received 17 Dec 2018The Co-Operative Group 29 - 31 High Street Swanscombe Kent DA10 0AG
Received 17 Dec 2018The Malt Shovel 3 Darenth Road Dartford Kent DA1 1LP
Received 18 Dec 20186 Leyton Cross Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7AP
Received 18 Dec 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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