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.
6,846 approved · 1,058 refused · 385 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Sept 2014 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Nursery Green Street Green Road Darenth DA2 8DP
Received 8 May 2019Detached Garages Westhill Rise To Rear Of 42 West Hill Dartford
Received 8 May 2019226 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HA
Received 8 May 20199 Waltham Close Dartford Kent DA1 3LT
Received 7 May 201990 Knights Manor Way Dartford Kent DA1 5SP
Received 8 May 2019Knoll Hill House 1 Common Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7DE
Received 8 May 2019Northfleet West Sub Station Southfleet Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 8 May 20191 The Old Yews Longfield Kent DA3 7JS
Received 8 May 2019Former Greenhithe Clinic Knockhall Chase Greenhithe Kent DA9 9EN
Received 8 May 201920 Lowfield Street Dartford Kent DA1 1HD
Received 8 May 2019133 Main Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HQ
Received 8 May 20197 New Barn Road Southfleet Kent DA3 7LQ
Received 8 May 2019Land At London Road And West Of Craylands Lane Craylands Lane Swanscombe Kent
Received 8 May 20192 Scott Close Dartford Kent DA1 5UJ
Received 9 May 201916 Wood Close Bexley Kent DA5 2HX
Received 9 May 2019Wilmington Academy Common Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7DR
Received 9 May 20198 Chalet Close Bexley Kent DA5 2EY
Received 9 May 2019Mounts Cottage Mounts Court Mounts Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9LX
Received 9 May 201921 Windermere Close Dartford Kent DA1 2TX
Received 10 May 20198 Bere Close Greenhithe Kent DA9 9XD
Received 10 May 2019Weavers Hook Green Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NJ
Received 13 May 20194 Leigh Place Hawley Road Hawley Kent DA2 7RE
Received 10 May 201914 Chastilian Road Dartford Kent DA1 3JJ
Received 10 May 201918 Brakefield Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9PZ
Received 10 May 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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