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.
6,996 approved · 1,073 refused · 393 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Downs Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 1SU
Received 21 Feb 20209 Shiers Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 5FQ
Received 21 Feb 202079 Castleridge Drive Greenhithe Kent DA9 9WR
Received 21 Feb 20209 Palladian Circus Greenhithe Kent DA9 9FS
Received 21 Feb 2020Instone House Instone Road Dartford Kent
Received 21 Feb 202038 Temple Hill Square Dartford Kent DA1 5HZ
Received 24 Feb 202030 Oakfield Park Road Wilmington Kent DA1 2ST
Received 24 Feb 202030 Oakfield Park Road Wilmington Kent DA1 2ST
Received 24 Feb 20201 Mead Road Dartford Kent DA1 2RH
Received 24 Feb 2020Plot 16A The Bridge Brunel Way Dartford Kent
Received 24 Feb 20202 Chapel Court Milton Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0NE
Received 24 Feb 202070 Knights Manor Way Dartford Kent DA1 5SP
Received 25 Feb 202037 Almond Road Dartford Kent DA2 6BD
Received 25 Feb 202012 Nelson Road Dartford Kent DA1 3EJ
Received 25 Feb 2020Zone B Prologis Park Shield Road Dartford
Received 25 Feb 2020Instone House Instone Road Dartford Kent
Received 24 Feb 202036 Vale Road Dartford Kent DA1 2TU
Received 25 Feb 2020117 Woodlands Park Bexley Kent DA5 2EW
Received 26 Feb 2020The Bridge Development Bob Dunn Way Dartford Kent
Received 26 Feb 20201 Low Close Stone Kent DA9 9PE
Received 26 Feb 2020Swanscombe Edge Parcel Alkerden Village Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 25 Feb 2020Maple House Common Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7DB
Received 26 Feb 202084 Milestone Road Dartford Kent DA2 6DN
Received 26 Feb 2020Rear Of Wilmington Place 165 - 173 Hawley Road Dartford Kent
Received 27 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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