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.
6,857 approved · 1,058 refused · 385 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Woodlawn New Barn Road Longfield Kent DA3 7JE
Received 24 May 201920 Wood Lane Darenth Kent DA2 7LR
Received 24 May 201945 Squires Way Wilmington Kent DA2 7NN
Received 28 May 20193 Birchwood Drive Wilmington Kent DA2 7NE
Received 28 May 201938 Waltham Close Dartford Kent DA1 3LT
Received 24 May 2019The Bridge Plot 4 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent
Received 28 May 2019Rod End Estate Northfleet Industrial Estate Lower Road Northfleet Kent
Received 24 May 2019Former Greenhithe Clinic Knockhall Chase Greenhithe Kent DA9 9EN
Received 28 May 2019Land At London Road And West Of Craylands Lane Craylands Lane Swanscombe Kent
Received 28 May 2019Former Car Park Rear Of Two Brewers 33 Lowfield Street Dartford Kent
Received 28 May 201957 Mill Road Hawley Kent DA2 7RY
Received 29 May 2019Invicta Park Sandpit Road Dartford Kent DA1 5BU
Received 29 May 201915 Greenfield Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7PA
Received 30 May 2019Northern Gateway East (former GlaxoSmithKline - Eastern Parcel) Bounded By Mill Pond Road, Temple Hill And Central Road Dartford
Received 30 May 2019The Bridge Plot 4 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent
Received 30 May 2019Bellevue Main Road Longfield Kent DA3 7PW
Received 30 May 2019Ingress Abbey Prioress Crescent Greenhithe Kent DA9 9UR
Received 31 May 2019Ingress Abbey Prioress Crescent Greenhithe Kent DA9 9UR
Received 31 May 2019Court Wood House New Barn Road Southfleet Kent DA3 7LT
Received 31 May 2019Northern Gateway East And Mill Pond Sites (GlaxoSmithKline - Eastern Parcel) Bounded By Hythe Street, Mill Pond Road, Temple Hill And Central Road Dartford
Received 29 May 2019Northern Gateway East And Mill Pond Sites (GlaxoSmithKline - Eastern Parcel) Bounded By Hythe Street, Mill Pond Road, Temple Hill And Central Road Dartford
Received 29 May 201973 Norfield Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7NY
Received 31 May 201997 Highcross Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9PH
Received 28 May 2019Land Adjacent 188A Milton Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0LX
Received 31 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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