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.
7,347 approved · 1,112 refused · 407 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former Block Of Lock-Up Garages And Land At Gilbert Close Swanscombe Kent
Received 3 Dec 20202 Parsons Close Longfield Kent DA3 7BB
Received 4 Dec 202028 Longfield Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7LE
Received 4 Dec 202097 North Road Dartford Kent DA1 3ND
Received 4 Dec 202014 Fourier Grove Dartford Kent DA1 5SW
Received 4 Dec 2020Wilmington Cottage Oakfield Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7AA
Received 4 Dec 202035 Burnham Road Dartford Kent DA1 5AY
Received 4 Dec 2020Ebbsfleet Green Primary School Ackers Drive Weldon Ebbsfleet Valley Kent DA10 1AL
Received 4 Dec 2020Robinson Jackson Estate Agents 22 Market Street Dartford Kent DA1 1EZ
Received 7 Dec 202047 Shepherds Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2NL
Received 7 Dec 202017 Beacon Drive Bean Kent DA2 8BE
Received 7 Dec 2020Car Park Rear Of The Dell Greenhithe Kent
Received 7 Dec 2020Rear Of 117 To 119 Dartford Road Dartford Kent
Received 7 Dec 202019 Chesterfield Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3DB
Received 7 Dec 2020McDonalds Restaurant Bean Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9HY
Received 7 Dec 2020Malann Stock Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7BY
Received 8 Dec 2020UCC Coffee Riverside Way Dartford Kent DA1 5BS
Received 8 Dec 2020UCC Coffee Riverside Way Dartford Kent DA1 5BS
Received 8 Dec 2020Unit 12 Newtons Court Dartford Kent DA2 6QT
Received 8 Dec 20201C-1D Heath Street Dartford Kent DA1 2LD
Received 8 Dec 20202 Kenwyn Road Dartford Kent DA1 2TH
Received 8 Dec 202028 Havelock Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HX
Received 8 Dec 2020Acorn Lodge Oakfield Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7AA
Received 9 Dec 2020106 Shepherds Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2NN
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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