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.
6,880 approved · 1,062 refused · 390 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Park Cliff Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9FX
Received 16 Jul 2019105 Woodlands Park Bexley Kent DA5 2EW
Received 17 Jul 201957 Broomhill Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HT
Received 17 Jul 201924 Heathclose Road Dartford Kent DA1 2PU
Received 17 Jul 2019170 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HA
Received 17 Jul 201978 Berkeley Crescent Dartford Kent DA1 1NH
Received 17 Jul 2019144 Knockhall Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9EY
Received 17 Jul 2019Longfield Service Station 1 - 3 Station Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QD
Received 15 Jul 2019Longfield Service Station 1 - 3 Station Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QD
Received 15 Jul 2019Longfield Service Station 1 - 3 Station Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QD
Received 15 Jul 2019Galleon Boulevard Crossways Business Park Dartford Kent DA2 6QE
Received 18 Jul 2019Acacia Hall High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DJ
Received 15 Jul 2019Acacia Hall High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DJ
Received 15 Jul 2019Land Adjacent Tudor Court Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA1 1QF
Received 18 Jul 2019Swanscombe Health Centre Southfleet Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0BF
Received 18 Jul 201924A Common Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7DF
Received 18 Jul 2019UCC Coffee Riverside Industrial Estate Riverside Way Dartford Kent DA1 5BS
Received 18 Jul 2019Mounts Court Mounts Road Greenhithe DA9 9LX
Received 19 Jul 2019Land Adjacent Tudor Court Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA1 1QF
Received 18 Jul 201980 Mill Road Hawley Kent DA2 7RZ
Received 19 Jul 201922 Watermans Way Greenhithe Kent DA9 9GP
Received 19 Jul 201928 Gloucester Road Dartford Kent DA1 3DJ
Received 19 Jul 2019Wren House Main Road Longfield DA3 7AE
Received 22 Jul 20196 Eleanor Close Dartford Kent DA1 5GQ
Received 22 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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