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.
6,917 approved · 1,066 refused · 390 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Dental Surgery 160 Main Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HP
Received 29 Oct 2019Flats A And B Tudor House 2 Park Road Dartford Kent DA1 1SL
Received 29 Oct 2019238 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HA
Received 30 Oct 201915 Abbey Drive Dartford Kent DA2 7WP
Received 30 Oct 2019Phase 1 Land East Of Lowfield Street Dartford Kent
Received 12 Aug 201930 Gothic Close Wilmington Kent DA1 1PR
Received 31 Oct 2019The Alma 26 High Street Swanscombe Kent DA10 0AB
Received 31 Oct 201927 Sackville Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7EB
Received 30 Oct 20199A Stonehill Woods Park Old London Road Upper Ruxley Sidcup Kent DA14 5AS
Received 30 Oct 20196 North Riding Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HS
Received 30 Oct 201921 Kent Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QR
Received 31 Oct 201910 The Terraces Dartford Kent DA2 6BX
Received 31 Oct 20192 Foxwood Road Bean Kent DA2 8BH
Received 31 Oct 201922 Dorchester Close Dartford Kent DA1 1ND
Received 31 Oct 201955 Woodlands Park Bexley Kent DA5 2EN
Received 1 Nov 2019Unit 1A Central Road Dartford Kent DA1 5BG
Received 1 Nov 201937 Birchwood Drive Wilmington Kent DA2 7NF
Received 4 Nov 201918 Attlee Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5DE
Received 4 Nov 201921 Cross Road Hawley Kent DA2 7RS
Received 4 Nov 20193 Blackdale Farm Cottages Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA1 1NF
Received 4 Nov 201915 Coombfield Drive Darenth Kent DA2 7LG
Received 4 Nov 20199 Brunel Way Dartford Kent DA1 5FL
Received 4 Nov 2019Littlebrook Power Station Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5PT
Received 29 Oct 201924 Brackendene Wilmington Kent DA2 7NB
Received 4 Nov 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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