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.
6,862 approved · 1,058 refused · 385 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
143 Burnham Road Dartford Kent DA1 5AZ
Received 31 May 2019102 Gore Road Darenth Kent DA2 6LY
Received 31 May 201952 Spital Street Dartford Kent DA1 2DT
Received 31 May 2019Colt Lodge 9 New Barn Road Southfleet Kent DA3 7LQ
Received 3 Jun 2019102 Warren Road Wilmington Kent DA1 1PL
Received 3 Jun 201972 Penney Close Dartford Kent DA1 2NE
Received 3 Jun 2019UCC Coffee Riverside Way Dartford Kent DA1 5BS
Received 3 Jun 2019Land Rear Of 37-41 Brentfield Road Dartford Kent
Received 3 Jun 2019Land Rear Of 37-41 Brentfield Road Dartford Kent
Received 3 Jun 20193 The Green Darenth Kent DA2 6JR
Received 4 Jun 2019Former Greenhithe Clinic Knockhall Chase Greenhithe Kent DA9 9EN
Received 28 May 2019Former Greenhithe Clinic Knockhall Chase Greenhithe Kent DA9 9EN
Received 28 May 2019Former Croxton And Garry Site Tiltman Avenue Swanscombe Kent
Received 30 May 2019Land Adjacent 188A Milton Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0LX
Received 31 May 2019Acacia Hall High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DJ
Received 4 Jun 201958 Shirehall Road Hawley Kent DA2 7RP
Received 5 Jun 201915 Hedge Place Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9JZ
Received 5 Jun 20199 Alfan Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7HB
Received 5 Jun 20191st & 2nd Floors 58 Spital Street Dartford Kent DA1 2DT
Received 5 Jun 201923 Hill View Road Longfield Kent DA3 7NB
Received 5 Jun 2019115A Milton Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0LS
Received 4 Jun 201939 Raeburn Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 3BQ
Received 5 Jun 2019Land Rear Of 37-41 Brentfield Road Dartford Kent
Received 3 Jun 2019Land Rear Of 37-41 Brentfield Road Dartford Kent
Received 3 Jun 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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