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.
7,246 approved · 1,102 refused · 397 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
21 Admirals Walk Greenhithe Kent DA9 9QP
Received 28 Oct 2020195 Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent DA2 7PH
Received 28 Oct 20209 Ferndene Longfield Kent DA3 7HJ
Received 28 Oct 2020Cheers Dental Practice 23 High Street Swanscombe Kent DA10 0AG
Received 29 Oct 2020Pescot House Main Road Longfield Kent
Received 29 Oct 202020 Wood Lane Darenth Kent DA2 7LR
Received 9 Oct 202059 Spurrell Avenue Bexley Kent DA5 2EX
Received 30 Oct 2020Land Adj Eusemere Princes View Dartford Kent DA1 1RJ
Received 30 Oct 2020McDonalds Restaurant Bean Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9HY
Received 30 Oct 202037 Caspian Way Swanscombe Kent DA10 0LB
Received 30 Oct 2020Birdswood Rowhill Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7QQ
Received 2 Nov 202028 Pincroft Wood Longfield Kent DA3 7HB
Received 2 Nov 2020River Mill Primary School Central Road Dartford Kent DA1 5XR
Received 2 Nov 2020Vimy Drive And Shiers Avenue Bridge Development Dartford Kent DA1 5HN
Received 3 Nov 2020Goodman Walk And Muir Drive Bridge Development Dartford Kent DA1 5HN
Received 3 Nov 2020Stones Avenue Bridge Development Dartford Kent DA1 5HN
Received 3 Nov 2020Hyde Grove Bridge Development Dartford Kent DA1 5HN
Received 3 Nov 2020Cameron Drive And Birdwood Avenue The Bridge Development Dartford Kent DA1 5HN
Received 3 Nov 202018 Attlee Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5DE
Received 3 Nov 202041 Eynsford Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9HB
Received 2 Nov 202027 Ash Road Dartford Kent DA1 2RL
Received 2 Nov 202010 Edwin Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7DJ
Received 3 Nov 2020McDonalds Restaurant Bean Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9HY
Received 3 Nov 2020Land Adj Eusemere Princes View Dartford Kent DA1 1RJ
Received 30 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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