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.
8,373 approved · 1,250 refused · 452 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Heathside Nursery Leyton Cross Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7AN
Received 30 Jul 202115 Larch Road Dartford Kent DA1 2LE
Received 30 Jul 20216 St Peters Close Swanscombe Kent DA10 0BD
Received 2 Aug 202111 Sara Crescent Greenhithe Kent DA9 9NY
Received 27 Jul 20217 - 8 Westgate House Spital Street Dartford Kent DA1 2EH
Received 28 Jul 202134 Park Road Dartford Kent DA1 1SY
Received 29 Jul 2021The Nucleus Brunel Way Dartford Kent DA1 5GA
Received 29 Jul 2021First, Second And Third Floors 26 Lowfield Street Dartford Kent DA1 1HD
Received 2 Aug 2021Alkerden South Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 26 Jul 2021Westgate Power Land At The North Side Of Galley Hill Road Northfleet Kent DA11 9SW
Received 30 Jul 2021Pathways New Barn Road Longfield Kent DA3 7JB
Received 2 Aug 2021220 Main Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HP
Received 2 Aug 20211 Tyler Grove Dartford Kent DA1 5HG
Received 2 Aug 202116 Bondfield Walk Dartford Kent DA1 5JS
Received 3 Aug 20211 Ellingham View Dartford Kent DA1 5SZ
Received 3 Aug 202143 Brentfield Road Dartford Kent DA1 1YJ
Received 3 Aug 2021281 Lowfield Street Dartford Kent DA1 1LB
Received 3 Aug 2021190 Shirehall Road Hawley Kent DA2 7SW
Received 3 Aug 2021206 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HA
Received 2 Aug 20216 Hawthorn Road Dartford Kent DA1 2SB
Received 3 Aug 2021The Orchards 7 The Close Wilmington Kent DA2 7ES
Received 3 Aug 202110 Lockwood Place Dartford Kent DA1 5TD
Received 3 Aug 202172 Watchgate Darenth Kent DA2 7JY
Received 3 Aug 2021101 Burnham Road Dartford Kent DA1 5AZ
Received 4 Aug 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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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