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.
7,219 approved · 1,099 refused · 396 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 Wood Lane Darenth Kent DA2 7LR
Received 11 Sept 202020 Wood Lane Darenth Kent DA2 7LR
Received 11 Sept 2020Littlebrook Power Station Phase 1 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5PT
Received 15 Sept 20201 Admirals Walk Greenhithe Kent DA9 9QP
Received 15 Sept 2020Littlebrook Power Station Phase 2 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5PT
Received 15 Sept 20204 Alan Close Dartford Kent DA1 5AX
Received 15 Sept 202010 Ivy Villas Station Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9NE
Received 16 Sept 2020210 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HA
Received 16 Sept 20204 Axtane Hook Green Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NB
Received 16 Sept 2020Castle Hill South Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 16 Sept 2020Wilmington House Church Walk Wilmington Kent DA2 7EX
Received 16 Sept 2020Junction Of Capability Way/Park Cliff Road Greenhithe Kent
Received 17 Sept 202018 Heath End Road Bexley Kent DA5 2AH
Received 17 Sept 2020Bean Primary School School Lane Bean Kent DA2 8AL
Received 17 Sept 2020Former Lynch Plant Hire And Former Ambulance Station Hawley Road Dartford Kent DA1 1PB
Received 17 Sept 202025 Chave Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7ED
Received 17 Sept 202017 Norfield Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7NY
Received 17 Sept 2020Abbot Murex Biotech Building 75 Lower Hythe Street Dartford Kent DA1 1BN
Received 18 Sept 202067 Joyce Green Lane Dartford Kent DA1 5HA
Received 18 Sept 202057 Hedge Place Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9JY
Received 18 Sept 202013 Lockwood Place Dartford Kent DA1 5TD
Received 18 Sept 202024 Foxwood Road Bean Kent DA2 8BH
Received 18 Sept 2020Rose Cottage Nurstead Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HG
Received 21 Sept 2020Hawley Garden Centre Hawley Road Hawley DA2 7RB
Received 21 Sept 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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