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.
6,820 approved · 1,053 refused · 384 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former Croxton And Garry Site Tiltman Avenue Swanscombe Kent
Received 28 Mar 201970 Coombfield Drive Darenth Kent DA2 7LH
Received 1 Apr 201922 Watermans Way Greenhithe Kent DA9 9GP
Received 29 Mar 2019KC Car Sales Workshop 80A The Brent Dartford Kent DA1 1YW
Received 1 Apr 2019The Wharf Galleon Boulevard Crossways Business Park Dartford Kent DA2 6QE
Received 1 Apr 201911 Firmin Road Dartford Kent DA1 3AR
Received 2 Apr 2019Easipetcare 2 Kent Road Dartford Kent DA1 2AJ
Received 2 Apr 2019Adjacent 41 Maple Road Dartford Kent DA1 2QY
Received 2 Apr 2019Copplestone Barn End Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7PP
Received 1 Apr 2019Stone Lodge School Site Cotton Lane Stone Kent DA2 6PD
Received 2 Apr 201948 Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HF
Received 3 Apr 201930 Warren Road Wilmington Kent DA1 1PH
Received 3 Apr 2019Entrance To Monks Orchard Wilmington Kent
Received 3 Apr 201972 The Green Darenth Kent DA2 6JU
Received 3 Apr 2019130 The Brent Dartford Kent DA2 6DE
Received 2 Apr 2019Perryfield Rowhill Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7QG
Received 3 Apr 2019Cheers Dental Practice 23 High Street Swanscombe Kent DA10 0AG
Received 2 Apr 2019The Elms Green Street Green Road Darenth DA2 8DX
Received 3 Apr 201921 Oaklands Road Dartford Kent DA2 6NH
Received 3 Apr 201910 Ridgewood Southfleet Kent DA3 7LS
Received 4 Apr 201925 Shearwater Longfield Kent DA3 7NL
Received 4 Apr 20193 Hawley Terrace Hawley Road Hawley Kent DA2 7RN
Received 5 Apr 2019172 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HA
Received 5 Apr 2019Land South Of St Marys Road Stone Kent
Received 5 Apr 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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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