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.
8,334 approved · 1,247 refused · 449 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Weetwood 93 Tile Kiln Lane Bexley Kent DA5 2BD
Received 23 Jul 2021310 Princes Road Dartford Kent DA1 2PX
Received 23 Jul 20211 Oakfield Place Dartford Kent DA1 2SX
Received 26 Jul 202159 Laburnum Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 2QN
Received 26 Jul 202149 Blenheim Road Dartford Kent DA1 3EB
Received 26 Jul 202158 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HE
Received 26 Jul 2021Former Council Depot Mead Crescent Dartford Kent DA1 2SH
Received 26 Jul 2021208 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HA
Received 26 Jul 2021Masonic Hall 71 West Hill Dartford Kent DA1 2HJ
Received 26 Jul 2021McDonalds Restaurant Bean Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9HY
Received 26 Jul 202113 Christchurch Road Dartford Kent DA1 3DH
Received 27 Jul 2021The Stables Station Road Sutton At Hone DA4 9BA
Received 27 Jul 202161 Caspian Way Swanscombe Kent DA10 0LD
Received 28 Jul 20215 May Road Hawley Kent DA2 7RU
Received 28 Jul 202130 Clarendon Gardens Dartford Kent DA2 6EZ
Received 28 Jul 20216 Wessex Walk Dartford Kent DA2 7WE
Received 29 Jul 202117 Festival Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HR
Received 29 Jul 2021Land At Victory Way Crossways Business Park Dartford Kent
Received 29 Jul 2021143 Princes Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HJ
Received 29 Jul 202147 James Road Dartford Kent DA1 3NE
Received 29 Jul 2021Homebase 394 Princes Road Dartford Kent DA1 1LA
Received 30 Jul 2021The Bridge Plots 32 & 33 Marsh Street North Dartford Kent
Received 30 Jul 2021The Bridge Plot 34 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent
Received 30 Jul 202149A Leyton Cross Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7AW
Received 30 Jul 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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