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.
7,645 approved · 1,144 refused · 425 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22 Tredegar Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7AZ
Received 1 Mar 2021228 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HA
Received 1 Mar 202122 Cedar Drive Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EN
Received 2 Mar 2021Eastern Quarry Off Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 1 Mar 202181 Stonehill Woods Park Old London Road Upper Ruxley Sidcup Kent DA14 5FB
Received 3 Mar 202141 Princes Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HJ
Received 3 Mar 202117 Spital Street Dartford Kent DA1 2DJ
Received 3 Mar 2021Argosy The Drive Longfield Kent DA3 7LX
Received 4 Mar 202169 Woodlands Park Bexley Kent DA5 2EN
Received 4 Mar 202120 Greenfinches Longfield Kent DA3 7ND
Received 4 Mar 2021Former Block Of Lock-Up Garages And Land At Gilbert Close Swanscombe Kent
Received 4 Mar 202139 Eton Way Dartford Kent DA1 5HL
Received 4 Mar 2021Unit R4 Northfleet Industrial Estate Lower Road Northfleet Kent DA11 9SN
Received 4 Mar 2021Cliffside Court West Hill Dartford Kent
Received 1 Mar 2021The Bridge Plots 32 & 33 Marsh Street North Dartford Kent
Received 5 Mar 2021McDonalds Restaurant Bean Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9HY
Received 5 Mar 2021Land Adjacent The Lodges (Gantry Place) Cotton Lane Stone Kent
Received 1 Mar 2021Lake 5 Bluewater Shopping Centre
Received 5 Mar 2021Darent Valley Hospital Darenth Wood Road Darenth Kent DA2 8DA
Received 5 Mar 202119 The Green Darenth Kent DA2 6JS
Received 5 Mar 2021102 Warren Road Wilmington Kent DA1 1PL
Received 5 Mar 202116 The Oval Longfield Kent DA3 7HD
Received 8 Mar 202147 Main Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QT
Received 8 Mar 2021115 East Hill Dartford Kent DA1 1SW
Received 8 Mar 2021Records 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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