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.
7,226 approved · 1,101 refused · 396 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former The Foresters 235 High Road Wilmington Kent
Received 29 Sept 202097 North Road Dartford Kent DA1 3ND
Received 1 Oct 202015 Monks Orchard Wilmington Kent DA1 2TB
Received 1 Oct 202019 Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HS
Received 1 Oct 2020Autumn Chance 9 Woodland Close Longfield Kent DA3 7HA
Received 2 Oct 2020Northfleet West Sub Station Southfleet Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 2 Oct 2020Littlebrook Power Station Phase 1 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5PT
Received 2 Oct 2020Creswick Bungalow Dartford Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HY
Received 5 Oct 20202 Murray Drive Stone Kent DA2 6FS
Received 5 Oct 202086 Hayes Road Horns Cross Greenhithe Kent DA9 9DW
Received 5 Oct 2020320 Dartford Road Dartford Kent DA1 3EZ
Received 5 Oct 2020108 Hallford Way Dartford Kent DA1 3AA
Received 5 Oct 202018 Priory Gardens Dartford Kent DA1 2BE
Received 6 Oct 2020Former Lynch Plant Hire And Former Ambulance Station Hawley Road Dartford Kent DA1 1PB
Received 2 Oct 202052 Broomhill Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HT
Received 6 Oct 2020Unit 4 & 6A Saunders Way Questor Wilmington Kent DA1 1NX
Received 6 Oct 202013 Chestnut Road Dartford Kent DA1 2LB
Received 7 Oct 2020Land At Foxhounds Lane Southfleet Kent
Received 7 Oct 2020Temple Hill County Youth Club Temple Hill Square Dartford Kent DA1 5HX
Received 7 Oct 202053 High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DS
Received 7 Oct 2020100 Fulwich Road Dartford Kent DA1 1UT
Received 8 Oct 20203 Stanley Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0HZ
Received 8 Oct 202036 Briar Road Bexley Kent DA5 2HN
Received 8 Oct 202071 Devon Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9AA
Received 8 Oct 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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