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.
6,964 approved · 1,072 refused · 391 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Sept 2014 to 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 Wood Lane Darenth Kent DA2 7LR
Received 24 Jan 202021 Royal Road Hawley Kent DA2 7RD
Received 27 Jan 202016 Eleanor Close Dartford Kent DA1 5GQ
Received 28 Jan 202038 Fernheath Way Wilmington Kent DA2 7PF
Received 27 Jan 2020Abbott Murex Site And Part Mill Pond Land To South Lower Hythe Street Dartford
Received 28 Jan 202020 Wilmington Court Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7AT
Received 29 Jan 202039 Woodlands Park Bexley Kent DA5 2EN
Received 29 Jan 202015-17 Overy Street Dartford Kent
Received 29 Jan 202015-17 Overy Street Dartford Kent
Received 29 Jan 2020Wilmington Place 165 - 173 Hawley Road Dartford Kent
Received 30 Jan 20209 The Gables Longfield Kent DA3 7LR
Received 30 Jan 2020Site Of West Hill Care Home Constance Grove Dartford Kent DA1 2GA
Received 30 Jan 202056 Miskin Road Dartford Kent DA1 2LS
Received 31 Jan 202053 St Vincents Road Dartford Kent DA1 1XF
Received 30 Jan 202035 Wayville Road Dartford Kent DA1 1RL
Received 30 Jan 20203 Birchwood Drive Wilmington Kent DA2 7NE
Received 31 Jan 2020Creswick Bungalow Dartford Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HY
Received 30 Jan 2020East Dene Green Street Green Road Darenth DA2 8DH
Received 31 Jan 202012 Ashen Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3LU
Received 3 Feb 202042 King Edward Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 2HY
Received 3 Feb 202042 King Edward Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 2HY
Received 3 Feb 2020Upper Floors 24 Lowfield Street Dartford Kent DA1 1HD
Received 3 Feb 20203 Birchwood Drive Wilmington Kent DA2 7NE
Received 3 Feb 202011 Birch Close Longfield Kent DA3 7LH
Received 4 Feb 2020Records 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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