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.
6,911 approved · 1,066 refused · 390 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit AA Butterly Avenue Questor Wilmington Kent DA1 1JG
Received 15 Oct 201950 Arundel Road Dartford Kent DA1 5EH
Received 15 Oct 2019104 Lower Hythe Street Dartford Kent DA1 1BW
Received 15 Oct 20196 Orchard Terrace Cotton Lane Stone Kent DA9 9AX
Received 15 Oct 2019Nationwide Building Society 32 Station Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QD
Received 15 Oct 2019Acacia Hall High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DJ
Received 21 Mar 2019Opunake New Barn Road Longfield Kent DA3 7LG
Received 14 Oct 2019Leigh Academy Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA1 1QE
Received 16 Oct 201913 Devon Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9AA
Received 16 Oct 20192 The Chenies Wilmington Kent DA2 7NP
Received 16 Oct 201914 - 18 Lowfield Street/24 Market Street Dartford Kent
Received 18 Oct 2019Open Space North Of Martin Drive Dartford Kent
Received 18 Oct 201949 Colney Road Dartford Kent DA1 1TQ
Received 18 Oct 201979 Caspian Way Swanscombe Kent DA10 0LD
Received 21 Oct 201957 Leyton Cross Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7AN
Received 21 Oct 20199 Hayes Road Horns Cross Kent DA9 9DS
Received 21 Oct 201914 - 18 Lowfield Street/24 Market Street Dartford Kent
Received 18 Oct 201914 - 18 Lowfield Street/24 Market Street Dartford Kent DA1 1EZ
Received 18 Oct 2019Northfleet West Sub Station Southfleet Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 21 Oct 201915 Barker Fields Southfleet Kent DA13 9AL
Received 22 Oct 2019Bel Air 212 Shirehall Road Hawley Kent DA2 7SW
Received 22 Oct 201938 Fernheath Way Wilmington Kent DA2 7PF
Received 21 Oct 20192 Trebble Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0EB
Received 22 Oct 201940 Chastilian Road Dartford Kent
Received 22 Oct 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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