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.
8,408 approved · 1,258 refused · 453 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
165 Fulwich Road Dartford Kent DA1 1UW
Received 4 Aug 2021167 Fulwich Road Dartford Kent DA1 1UW
Received 4 Aug 202139 King Edward Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 2HZ
Received 4 Aug 202132 Brackendene Wilmington Kent DA2 7NB
Received 4 Aug 2021Heathside Nursery Leyton Cross Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7AN
Received 30 Jul 2021Heathside Nursery Leyton Cross Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7AN
Received 30 Jul 202137 Taylor Row Wilmington Kent DA2 7DU
Received 4 Aug 202197 Cedar Drive Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EW
Received 4 Aug 2021Breants Southfleet Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7JG
Received 5 Aug 2021193 Dartford Road Dartford Kent DA1 3EW
Received 5 Aug 202116 Landale Gardens Dartford Kent DA1 2QB
Received 5 Aug 2021Clevis New Barn Road Longfield Kent DA3 7JE
Received 5 Aug 202113 Devonshire Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 3DN
Received 5 Aug 2021Northfleet West Sub Station Southfleet Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 5 Aug 2021Fairlawn Red Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9QH
Received 5 Aug 202199 Laburnum Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 2QW
Received 6 Aug 202160 Joydens Wood Road Bexley Kent DA5 2HT
Received 6 Aug 202163 Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HS
Received 6 Aug 202114 Taylor Row Wilmington Kent DA2 7DX
Received 6 Aug 20215 St Margarets Close Darenth Kent DA2 6JW
Received 6 Aug 202174 Keyes Road Dartford Kent DA1 5EN
Received 6 Aug 2021Land Adjacent River Darent North Of Bob Dunn Way Re Riverside Energy Park Belvedere Kent
Received 6 Aug 2021McDonalds 476 Princes Road Dartford Kent DA1 1YT
Received 6 Aug 2021The Bridge Commercial Plot 16A Brunel Way Dartford Kent
Received 6 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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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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