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.
7,338 approved · 1,112 refused · 406 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Sept 2014 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Fleet Road Dartford Kent DA2 6JE
Received 27 Nov 202027 Park Cliff Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9FY
Received 27 Nov 202020 Holly Road Dartford Kent DA1 2QT
Received 30 Nov 202074B Highfield Road Dartford Kent DA1 2JJ
Received 30 Nov 2020Ebbsfleet Green Primary School Ackers Drive Weldon Ebbsfleet Valley Kent DA10 1AL
Received 30 Nov 2020Former Doctors Surgery 18A Beacon Drive Bean Kent DA2 8BG
Received 30 Nov 202053 James Road Dartford Kent DA1 3NE
Received 27 Nov 2020Beaux Beauty Salon 68 High Street Swanscombe Kent DA10 0AH
Received 30 Nov 2020Former Littlebrook Power Station Phase 2 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5PT
Received 1 Dec 2020West Wing Barn Pescot House Main Road Longfield Kent
Received 1 Dec 2020Wilmington Hall Farm Broad Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7AG
Received 1 Dec 2020Foj House 32 The Brent Dartford Kent
Received 2 Dec 2020Royal Bank Of Scotland 1 - 2 Copperfields Dartford Kent DA1 2DE
Received 2 Dec 2020Land South Of St Marys Road Stone Kent DA9 9AG
Received 2 Dec 2020Eyam Pescot Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7NA
Received 2 Dec 2020Instone House Instone Road Dartford Kent
Received 2 Dec 202012 Watermans Way Greenhithe Kent DA9 9GP
Received 3 Dec 20207 Saxon Road Hawley Kent DA2 7SH
Received 3 Dec 202018 Alexander Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9HH
Received 3 Dec 202030 Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent DA5 2HP
Received 3 Dec 2020Land South Of St Marys Road Stone Kent DA9 9AG
Received 2 Dec 2020Land South Of St Marys Road Stone Kent DA9 9AG
Received 2 Dec 202052 Pentstemon Drive Swanscombe Kent DA10 0NJ
Received 3 Dec 2020McDonalds Restaurant Bean Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9HY
Received 3 Dec 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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