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.
6,926 approved · 1,066 refused · 390 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
556 Princes Road Dartford Kent DA2 6NG
Received 12 Nov 201914 Pacific Close Swanscombe Kent DA10 0LN
Received 13 Nov 201986 Wilmot Road Dartford Kent DA1 3BD
Received 13 Nov 2019Land North Of London Road, East Of Telephone Exchange, Greenhithe
Received 13 Nov 201991 Havelock Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HZ
Received 14 Nov 2019Wilmington Community Church 39 Broad Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7AQ
Received 14 Nov 201958 Fairlight Cross Longfield Kent DA3 7JD
Received 14 Nov 201939 Briar Road Bexley Kent DA5 2HW
Received 15 Nov 20198 Bean Hill Cottages Southfleet Road Bean Kent DA2 8AR
Received 15 Nov 2019Hulsewood Lodge Oakfield Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7AB
Received 15 Nov 201913 Main Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QT
Received 18 Nov 201934 Gore Road Darenth Kent DA2 6LT
Received 18 Nov 2019Prospect Place Retail Park Prospect Place Dartford Kent
Received 18 Nov 201966 Spital Street Dartford Kent DA1 2DT
Received 18 Nov 201972 Baker Crescent Dartford Kent DA1 2NF
Received 18 Nov 20191 Cochrane Drive Dartford Kent DA1 2GE
Received 18 Nov 201919 St Martins Road Dartford Kent DA1 1UJ
Received 18 Nov 20193 Dale Walk Dartford Kent DA2 6JA
Received 18 Nov 2019Halo Site Albion Road Dartford Kent
Received 19 Nov 2019Land Adjacent Manor Farm Cottages Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent
Received 18 Nov 2019Land Adjacent UTC Brunel Way Dartford Kent
Received 20 Nov 2019193 Dartford Road Dartford Kent DA1 3EW
Received 20 Nov 20191 Henderson Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5LE
Received 20 Nov 2019Land At London Road And West Of Craylands Lane Craylands Lane Swanscombe Kent
Received 20 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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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.
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