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.
6,797 approved · 1,052 refused · 382 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 25 Feb 2019238 Shepherds Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2PW
Received 25 Feb 2019238 Shepherds Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2PW
Received 25 Feb 2019Communal Area 21 Watermans Way Greenhithe Kent DA9 9GJ
Received 25 Feb 2019Wilmington Manor Common Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7BA
Received 25 Feb 201934 St Vincents Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 5DA
Received 26 Feb 20197 New Barn Road Southfleet Kent DA3 7LQ
Received 26 Feb 20193 The Hollies Chapel Drive Dartford Kent DA2 6FN
Received 26 Feb 20193 The Hollies Chapel Drive Dartford Kent DA2 6FN
Received 26 Feb 201913 Priory Close Dartford Kent DA1 2JF
Received 25 Feb 2019The Nursery Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA2 8DP
Received 26 Feb 20197 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HF
Received 27 Feb 20191 Greenfinches Longfield Kent DA3 7ND
Received 27 Feb 2019165 Trevithick Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5LL
Received 26 Feb 201926 Gasson Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0HX
Received 27 Feb 201981 Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent DA5 2EF
Received 28 Feb 201981 Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent DA5 2EF
Received 28 Feb 2019Tamar Park Way Bexley Kent DA5 2JD
Received 28 Feb 2019The Cottage Hawley Road Hawley Kent DA2 7RW
Received 1 Mar 2019140 Swaisland Road Dartford Kent DA1 3BY
Received 1 Mar 20192A Woodlands Park Bexley Kent DA5 2EL
Received 1 Mar 2019Land North Of Hedge Place Road Greenhithe Kent
Received 28 Feb 201980 Main Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EU
Received 1 Mar 201955 Myrtle Road Dartford Kent DA1 2RJ
Received 4 Mar 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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