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.
8,072 approved · 1,216 refused · 442 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Sept 2013 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 Eskdale Close Darenth Kent DA2 6LA
Received 3 Jun 2021Land Adj To Northfleet Harbour Grove Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 2 Jun 2021Land East Of Lowfield Street Dartford Kent
Received 3 Jun 2021104 Chastilian Road Dartford Kent DA1 3LG
Received 3 Jun 2021142 Wilmot Road Dartford Kent DA1 3BE
Received 3 Jun 2021Ashmere Parcel 2 Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 3 Jun 20218 Heathview Crescent Dartford Kent DA1 2PJ
Received 4 Jun 2021Land Adjacent 17 Coombfield Drive Darenth Kent DA2 7LG
Received 4 Jun 2021100 Fulwich Road Dartford Kent DA1 1UT
Received 7 Jun 202177 Weardale Avenue Dartford Kent DA2 6LF
Received 7 Jun 2021113 Teesdale Road Dartford Kent DA2 6LB
Received 7 Jun 20217 Clarendon Gardens Dartford Kent DA2 6EY
Received 7 Jun 20217 Clarendon Gardens Dartford Kent DA2 6EY
Received 7 Jun 202117 Maryfield Close Bexley Kent DA5 2HY
Received 3 Jun 20216 Manor Gate Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7EW
Received 7 Jun 2021West Hill Primary Academy Dartford Road Dartford Kent DA1 3DZ
Received 7 Jun 202178 Stonehill Woods Park Old London Road Upper Ruxley Sidcup Kent DA14 5FB
Received 7 Jun 2021117 Temple Hill Dartford Kent DA1 5TU
Received 8 Jun 202122 York Road Dartford Kent DA1 1SG
Received 8 Jun 2021Former Unwins Site Victoria Road Dartford Kent
Received 8 Jun 2021West Hill Care Home Constance Grove Dartford Kent DA1 2GA
Received 9 Jun 2021Ancaster 555 Princes Road Dartford Kent DA2 6HH
Received 9 Jun 20216 Egerton Close Dartford Kent DA1 2TS
Received 9 Jun 202115 York Road Dartford Kent DA1 1SQ
Received 9 Jun 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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