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.
6,879 approved · 1,062 refused · 390 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
37 King Edward Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 2HZ
Received 10 Jul 201964 Joydens Wood Road Bexley Kent DA5 2HT
Received 10 Jul 20192 Farm Cottages Common Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7DQ
Received 10 Jul 2019213 Phoenix Place Dartford Kent DA1 2XQ
Received 10 Jul 201929 Hopkins Close Dartford Kent DA1 5UW
Received 11 Jul 201959 James Road Dartford Kent DA1 3NE
Received 11 Jul 201981 North Road Dartford Kent DA1 3ND
Received 12 Jul 201919 Shepherds Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2NL
Received 12 Jul 20193 Birchwood Drive Wilmington Kent DA2 7NE
Received 15 Jul 20199 Sinclair Way Darenth Kent DA2 7JS
Received 15 Jul 2019Ladies Wood (rear Of 40 Coombfield Drive) Darenth Kent
Received 15 Jul 20196 Gothic Close Wilmington Kent DA1 1PR
Received 15 Jul 2019100 & 100A Mill Road Hawley Kent DA2 7RT
Received 15 Jul 2019Acacia Hall High Street Dartford DA1 1DJ
Received 15 Jul 2019Longfield Service Station 1 - 3 Station Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QD
Received 15 Jul 201928 Heathclose Road Dartford Kent DA1 2PU
Received 15 Jul 2019Land At Dartford International Ferry Terminal Clipper Boulevard Dartford Kent DA2 6QN
Received 15 Jul 2019Unit 3 Central Road North Dartford Kent
Received 16 Jul 20192 Church Field Wilmington Kent DA2 7EJ
Received 16 Jul 2019Sikh Temple 8 - 10 Highfield Road Dartford Kent DA1 2JJ
Received 16 Jul 2019Bellevue Red Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9QN
Received 16 Jul 2019Gas Valve Compound Rowhill Road Wilmington Kent
Received 16 Jul 2019Land West Of Northfleet Green Southfleet Kent
Received 16 Jul 201937 Watermans Way Greenhithe Kent DA9 9GJ
Received 16 Jul 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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