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.
6,788 approved · 1,051 refused · 382 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Northfleet West Sub Station Southfleet Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 8 Feb 2019Adjacent 25 Beech Road Dartford Kent DA1 2RG
Received 8 Feb 2019Neptune Slipway Pier Road Greenhithe Kent
Received 8 Feb 2019Neptune Slipway Pier Road Greenhithe Kent
Received 8 Feb 2019Neptune Slipway Pier Road Greenhithe Kent
Received 8 Feb 2019Neptune Slipway Pier Road Greenhithe Kent
Received 8 Feb 201977 Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent DA5 2EF
Received 11 Feb 201977 Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent DA5 2EF
Received 11 Feb 2019Adjacent 25 Beech Road Dartford Kent DA1 2RG
Received 11 Feb 2019111 Main Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HQ
Received 11 Feb 2019A Pile And Sons Enterprise Car Hire 125 St Vincents Road Dartford Kent DA1 1UU
Received 11 Feb 201931 Abbey Drive Dartford Kent DA2 7WP
Received 12 Feb 201920 Broomhill Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HT
Received 12 Feb 201913 Watchgate Darenth Kent DA2 7JZ
Received 12 Feb 201917 Ship Lane Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EG
Received 12 Feb 2019WHSmith 19 - 21 High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DT
Received 12 Feb 201911 Ross Road Dartford Kent DA1 3NH
Received 12 Feb 201920 Hallford Way Dartford Kent DA1 3AF
Received 13 Feb 2019The Bridge Plot 4 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent
Received 13 Feb 201912 Manor Gate Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7EW
Received 13 Feb 2019Site At Junction Of King Edward Avenue West Hill Dartford Kent
Received 14 Feb 2019A2 Bean And Ebbsfleet Junction Improvements Bean Lane Bean Kent
Received 14 Feb 2019Annexe Chapter Farm House Red Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9QH
Received 15 Feb 2019Nevada Hook Green Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7AJ
Received 15 Feb 2019Records 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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