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.
7,167 approved · 1,093 refused · 396 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
37 Squires Way Wilmington Kent DA2 7NN
Received 10 Jul 202053 Watling Street Dartford Kent DA1 1RW
Received 10 Jul 20206 The Green Darenth Kent DA2 6JR
Received 10 Jul 202023 Halcrow Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 5FX
Received 10 Jul 2020Wilmington Academy Common Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7DR
Received 10 Jul 2020SWCS Car Sales Craylands Lane Swanscombe Kent DA10 0LP
Received 10 Jul 2020Dartford Primary Academy (Juniors) York Road Dartford Kent DA1 1SQ
Received 10 Jul 202015 St Peters Close Swanscombe Kent DA10 0BD
Received 13 Jul 202021 Faesten Way Bexley Kent DA5 2JB
Received 13 Jul 202067 Ames Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0JE
Received 13 Jul 202012 Elstar Mews Greenhithe Kent DA9 9WU
Received 9 Jul 2020Littlebrook Power Station Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5PT
Received 13 Jul 2020Longreach Sewage Treatment Works Marsh Street Dartford Kent DA1 5PP
Received 13 Jul 2020111 Brent Lane Dartford Kent DA1 1QU
Received 14 Jul 202062 Henderson Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5JZ
Received 14 Jul 202064 Joydens Wood Road Bexley Kent DA5 2HT
Received 14 Jul 2020Accuba House 35 High Street Greenhithe Kent DA9 9NL
Received 14 Jul 202064 Joydens Wood Road Bexley Kent DA5 2HT
Received 14 Jul 202060 Princes View Dartford Kent DA1 1RJ
Received 14 Jul 2020Withens Nursing Home Hook Green Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NQ
Received 14 Jul 2020Wilmington Grammar School For Girls Parsons Lane Wilmington DA2 7BB
Received 14 Jul 2020Stone Lodge School Cotton Lane Stone DA2 6PD
Received 14 Jul 2020Braeside Roman Villa Road Darenth Kent DA2 7QS
Received 14 Jul 202032 Bedford Road Dartford Kent DA1 1SR
Received 15 Jul 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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