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.
7,255 approved · 1,104 refused · 399 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Ashwood Place Bean Kent DA2 8BD
Received 3 Nov 20203 Fairlawn Crescent Greenhithe Kent DA9 9YG
Received 3 Nov 2020143 Beacon Drive Bean Kent DA2 8BW
Received 4 Nov 202023 Stonehill Woods Park Old London Road Upper Ruxley Sidcup Kent DA14 5AS
Received 3 Nov 202032A Stonehill Woods Park Old London Road Upper Ruxley Sidcup Kent DA14 5AS
Received 29 Oct 2020Darent Valley Hospital Darenth Wood Road Darenth Kent DA2 8DA
Received 4 Nov 2020Land Off Castle Hill Drive Ebbsfleet DA101PB
Received 4 Nov 2020Phase 3 Ebbsfleet Green Northfleet West Sub Station Southfleet Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 4 Nov 202039 Darenth Park Avenue Darenth Kent DA2 6LX
Received 4 Nov 2020Court Lodge Farm Hook Green Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NQ
Received 4 Nov 2020Cheers Dental Practice 23 High Street Swanscombe Kent DA10 0AG
Received 2 Oct 2020Cheers Dental Practice 23 High Street Swanscombe Kent DA10 0AG
Received 2 Oct 2020Cheers Dental Practice 23 High Street Swanscombe Kent DA10 0AG
Received 2 Oct 2020Cheers Dental Practice 23 High Street Swanscombe Kent DA10 0AG
Received 2 Oct 2020Cheers Dental Practice 23 High Street Swanscombe Kent DA10 0AG
Received 2 Oct 2020Cheers Dental Practice 23 High Street Swanscombe Kent DA10 0AG
Received 2 Oct 2020Cheers Dental Practice 23 High Street Swanscombe Kent DA10 0AG
Received 2 Oct 202030 Larch Road Dartford Kent DA1 2LF
Received 4 Nov 202041 Salmon Road Dartford Kent DA1 5JB
Received 5 Nov 20201 Kemsley Close Greenhithe Kent DA9 9LS
Received 5 Nov 2020Junction Lawson Road/Burnham Road Dartford Kent
Received 5 Nov 202063 Squires Way Wilmington Kent DA2 7NN
Received 6 Nov 202091 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HQ
Received 6 Nov 2020Former Magistrates Court Site/Probation And Witness Support 1A & 1C Highfield Road Dartford
Received 6 Nov 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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