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.
7,072 approved · 1,083 refused · 393 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6A Birchwood Parade Woodside Drive Wilmington Kent DA2 7NJ
Received 9 Apr 2020Adjacent 37 Capel Place Wilmington Kent DA2 7PU
Received 9 Apr 2020Beck And Pollitzer Engineering Ltd Burnham Road Dartford Kent DA1 5BD
Received 8 Apr 2020Beck And Pollitzer Engineering Ltd Burnham Road Dartford Kent DA1 5BD
Received 8 Apr 2020Heathside Nursery Leyton Cross Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7AN
Received 2 Apr 2020Fairfield Leisure Centre Lowfield Street Dartford Kent DA1 1JB
Received 9 Apr 2020Halo Site Albion Road Dartford Kent
Received 9 Apr 2020Stone Pit 2 St James Lane Horns Cross Greenhithe Kent
Received 9 Apr 20205 Leyton Cross Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7AP
Received 14 Apr 202043 Heathview Crescent Dartford Kent DA1 2PJ
Received 14 Apr 202053 The Green Darenth Kent DA2 6JT
Received 14 Apr 2020Riverside Energy Park Belvedere
Received 9 Apr 2020Stonehill Woods Park Old London Road Upper Ruxley Sidcup Kent
Received 14 Apr 20204 Lambert Mews Southfleet Kent DA13 9AN
Received 15 Apr 2020Zone B Prologis Park Shield Road Dartford Kent DA1 5UR
Received 15 Apr 20203 Birchwood Drive Wilmington Kent DA2 7NE
Received 16 Apr 20205 Lockwood Place Dartford Kent DA1 5TD
Received 16 Apr 2020The Lodge 6 Broomwood Close Bexley Kent DA5 2DG
Received 14 Apr 202049A Leyton Cross Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7AW
Received 16 Apr 20204 Rosewood Wilmington Kent DA2 7NA
Received 16 Apr 202052 Briar Road Bexley Kent DA5 2HN
Received 16 Apr 2020Land Rear Of 150-160 Milton Road Milton Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 16 Apr 202012 Weavers Orchard Hook Green Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NP
Received 16 Apr 202010 Gunn Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0JL
Received 16 Apr 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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