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.
7,768 approved · 1,164 refused · 428 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Manor Close Wilmington Kent DA2 7AR
Received 19 Mar 202124 Manor Close Wilmington Kent DA2 7AR
Received 19 Mar 2021The Bridge Plot 34 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent
Received 22 Mar 2021Land At Broadditch Farm New Barn Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9PU
Received 22 Mar 202129 Myrtle Road Dartford Kent DA1 2RJ
Received 22 Mar 20213 Martin Drive Dartford Kent DA2 6BF
Received 23 Mar 2021104 Wellcome Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 5JW
Received 23 Mar 20219 Dene Close Wilmington Kent DA2 7ND
Received 23 Mar 2021Land Adjacent 182 London Road Greenhithe Kent
Received 23 Mar 202128 Pincroft Wood Longfield Kent DA3 7HB
Received 22 Mar 202139 Caspian Way Swanscombe Kent DA10 0LB
Received 23 Mar 202151 Highfield Road Dartford Kent DA1 2JS
Received 23 Mar 20215 Whitby Close Stone Greenhithe Kent DA9 9QE
Received 23 Mar 202116 Windsor Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3HN
Received 23 Mar 202152 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HE
Received 24 Mar 202111 Sterndale Road Dartford Kent DA1 1QR
Received 24 Mar 2021Jacobean Lodge Rowhill Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7QQ
Received 23 Mar 202115 Trivett Close Stone Kent DA9 9PL
Received 24 Mar 2021Land At London Road And West Of Craylands Lane Craylands Lane Swanscombe Kent
Received 23 Mar 202122 The Old Yews Longfield Kent DA3 7JS
Received 24 Mar 2021157 Princes Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HP
Received 25 Mar 202127 Landale Gardens Dartford Kent DA1 2QB
Received 25 Mar 202116 Cedar Drive Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EN
Received 25 Mar 2021The Boulevard Greenhithe Kent
Received 25 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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