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.
6,904 approved · 1,066 refused · 390 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
51 Tredegar Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7AY
Received 17 Sept 2019176 Shepherds Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2PW
Received 17 Sept 2019South Of Capability Way Adj Electricity Sub Station Greenhithe Kent
Received 17 Sept 2019Gas Compound Rowhill Road Wilmington Kent
Received 17 Sept 2019Land At London Road And West Of Craylands Lane Craylands Lane Swanscombe Kent
Received 17 Sept 2019208 Willow Road Dartford Kent DA1 2QR
Received 18 Sept 2019104 Ashen Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3LX
Received 18 Sept 2019104 Ashen Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3LX
Received 18 Sept 2019Unit 2 Capacity Central Road North Dartford Kent DA1 5XA
Received 18 Sept 201952 Coombfield Drive Darenth Kent DA2 7LQ
Received 18 Sept 20195 Durrell Dene Dartford Kent DA1 5RU
Received 19 Sept 2019135 Brent Lane Dartford Kent DA1 1QU
Received 19 Sept 2019Gas Compound Rowhill Road Wilmington Kent
Received 17 Sept 2019Gas Compound Rowhill Road Wilmington Kent
Received 17 Sept 2019Gas Compound Rowhill Road Wilmington Kent
Received 17 Sept 2019Alkerden And Ashmore Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 18 Sept 2019Burnt Oak House Rowhill Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7QQ
Received 19 Sept 2019Stone Lodge Complex Cotton Lane Stone DA2 6PD
Received 20 Sept 20191 Pincroft Wood Longfield Kent DA3 7HB
Received 20 Sept 2019Stone Lodge Complex Cotton Lane Stone Kent
Received 20 Sept 2019The Granary Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA2 8EA
Received 20 Sept 2019Stone Lodge Complex Cotton Lane Stone DA2 6PD
Received 20 Sept 2019The Orchards 10 The Coppice Bexley Kent DA5 2EA
Received 23 Sept 2019Stone Church Of England Primary School Hayes Road Horns Cross Greenhithe Kent DA9 9EF
Received 23 Sept 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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