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.
7,195 approved · 1,095 refused · 396 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 The Coppice Bexley Kent DA5 2EA
Received 30 Jul 2020108 Hallford Way Dartford Kent DA1 3AA
Received 31 Jul 2020Beefs & Babes Gymnasium 217 London Road Stone Kent DA9 9DQ
Received 31 Jul 20206 St Peters Close Swanscombe Kent DA10 0BD
Received 31 Jul 2020Stonepit 2 St James Lane Horns Cross Greenhithe Kent
Received 4 Aug 2020Major Space Unit 7 (MSU7) West Village & Service Yards 5, 8 And 12 Bluewater
Received 4 Aug 2020Acacia Hall High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DJ
Received 5 Aug 2020108 Hallford Way Dartford Kent DA1 3AA
Received 5 Aug 20208 Bendigo Wharf Pier Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9NS
Received 5 Aug 2020Bean Primary School School Lane Bean Kent DA2 8AL
Received 5 Aug 2020Barclays 24 Lowfield Street Dartford Kent DA1 1HD
Received 6 Aug 202088 Mayfair Road Dartford Kent DA1 5AQ
Received 6 Aug 2020Halo Site Albion Road Dartford Kent
Received 6 Aug 202071 Colney Road Dartford Kent DA1 1TQ
Received 6 Aug 2020Block Of Lock-Up Garages Rear Of Keary Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 6 Aug 2020Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 6 Aug 2020The Orchards 7 The Close Wilmington Kent DA2 7ES
Received 7 Aug 2020Littlebrook Power Station Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5PT
Received 7 Aug 2020252 Lowfield Street Dartford Kent DA1 1LH
Received 7 Aug 2020Stonepit 2 St James Lane Horns Cross Greenhithe Kent
Received 7 Aug 2020Tree Tops Park Way Bexley Kent DA5 2JD
Received 7 Aug 20208 Dean And Chapter Cottages Red Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9QG
Received 10 Aug 202028 Hallford Way Dartford Kent DA1 3AF
Received 10 Aug 2020Highview Oakfield Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7AA
Received 7 Aug 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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