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.
6,973 approved · 1,072 refused · 392 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
Wilmington Grammar School For Girls Parsons Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7BB
Received 4 Feb 20201 Sanderling Way Stone Kent DA9 9RQ
Received 4 Feb 202076 Main Road Longfield Kent DA3 7PQ
Received 4 Feb 2020123-125 Milton Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0LS
Received 4 Feb 2020Units 3 - 6 Copperfields Dartford Kent DA1 2DE
Received 5 Feb 2020Millbrook Garden Centre Station Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9PA
Received 5 Feb 202024 Hawthorn Road Dartford Kent DA1 2SB
Received 5 Feb 2020104 Wellcome Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 5JW
Received 5 Feb 2020Ground Floor 3 Bullace Lane Dartford Kent DA1 1BB
Received 7 Feb 2020The Plough 65 High Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7BW
Received 7 Feb 2020Orchard Lodge 2 Broad Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7AG
Received 7 Feb 202028 Raeburn Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 3BG
Received 7 Feb 2020McDonalds London Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9HY
Received 7 Feb 2020McDonalds Restaurant Bean Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9HY
Received 7 Feb 2020Reservoir North Of Lower Road Northfleet Kent
Received 7 Feb 2020Sutton Church Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EX
Received 7 Feb 2020Land At Fillbaskets Red Street Southfleet DA13 9QE
Received 10 Feb 202015 Abbey Drive Dartford Kent DA2 7WP
Received 10 Feb 2020Ballarat Garden Place Wilmington Kent DA2 7EP
Received 10 Feb 20202 The Hollies Longfield Kent DA3 7HU
Received 10 Feb 202023 Orchard Close Longfield Kent DA3 7JP
Received 10 Feb 202085 Ashen Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3LZ
Received 10 Feb 20202 Maryfield Close Bexley Kent DA5 2HY
Received 10 Feb 2020130 Coombfield Drive Darenth Kent DA2 7LH
Received 10 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage