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.
6,795 approved · 1,051 refused · 382 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
46 Lunedale Road Dartford Kent DA2 6LN
Received 19 Feb 201910 Appleton Drive Wilmington Kent DA2 7EN
Received 19 Feb 2019Land Between Junction Of Manor Way And London Road And Ingress Park Avenue Ingress Park
Received 19 Feb 2019UCC Coffee Riverside Way Dartford Kent DA1 5BS
Received 19 Feb 201957 Squires Way Wilmington Kent DA2 7NN
Received 20 Feb 2019Northfleet West Sub Station Southfleet Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 20 Feb 2019Premier Inn Halcrow Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 5FX
Received 20 Feb 201913 Seaton Road Dartford Kent DA1 3LB
Received 21 Feb 20193 Orchard Close Longfield Kent DA3 7JP
Received 21 Feb 201916 Chartwell Lane Longfield Kent DA3 7AY
Received 21 Feb 2019Knockhall Academy Eynsford Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9RF
Received 21 Feb 2019Site At Junction Of King Edward Avenue West Hill Dartford Kent
Received 21 Feb 2019161 Shepherds Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2PG
Received 21 Feb 201914 Alexander Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9HH
Received 22 Feb 201912 Elm Road Dartford Kent DA1 2RN
Received 22 Feb 2019Garden Bridge Lovers Lane Greenhithe Kent
Received 21 Feb 2019Adjacent 41 Cedar Drive Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EW
Received 22 Feb 201937 Birchwood Drive Wilmington Kent DA2 7NF
Received 22 Feb 201947 Vale Road Dartford Kent DA1 2TU
Received 22 Feb 2019Court Lodge Farm Hook Green Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NQ
Received 25 Feb 2019Rear Of 79 To 85 East Hill Dartford Kent DA1 1SN
Received 25 Feb 2019Sutton House Hawley Road Hawley Kent DA1 1PX
Received 25 Feb 2019172 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HA
Received 25 Feb 20192 And 3 Court Hill Cottages Hook Green Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NG
Received 25 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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