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.
8,869 approved · 1,308 refused · 468 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Nov 2008 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Brent Lane Dartford Kent DA1 1QN
Received 28 Feb 20224A Brentfield Road Dartford Kent DA1 1YJ
Received 1 Mar 202231 Wallis Close Wilmington Kent DA2 7BE
Received 1 Mar 2022Sedir Restaurant 27 - 31 Lowfield Street Dartford Kent DA1 1EW
Received 1 Mar 2022Heathwinds Common Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7AX
Received 1 Mar 2022Forrmer Mercedes Benz Burnham Road Dartford Kent DA1 5BL
Received 2 Mar 2022IKEA Customer Distribution Centre Harris Way Dartford Kent DA1 5XT
Received 2 Mar 2022Civic Centre Home Gardens Dartford Kent DA1 1DR
Received 2 Mar 202240 St Marys Way Longfield Kent DA3 7PD
Received 2 Mar 2022Block E Mill Pond Development Site Mill Pond Road Dartford Kent DA1 1BW
Received 2 Mar 2022Block E Mill Pond Development Site Mill Pond Road Dartford Kent DA1 1BW
Received 2 Mar 202232 Farnol Road Dartford Kent DA1 5NA
Received 2 Mar 2022101 The Brent Dartford Kent DA1 1YH
Received 3 Mar 2022Smile Dental Surgery 69 The Brent Dartford Kent DA1 1YD
Received 3 Mar 202226 Longfield Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7LF
Received 3 Mar 2022Former Ocado Distribution Unit 1 Albion Road Dartford Kent DA1 5PZ
Received 3 Mar 2022The Hermitage Green Street Green Road Darenth Kent DA2 8DX
Received 4 Mar 202244 Darenth Park Avenue Darenth Kent DA2 6LX
Received 4 Mar 202266 Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent DA5 2EE
Received 4 Mar 2022103 Hedge Place Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9JY
Received 4 Mar 202211 Mead Road Dartford Kent DA1 2RH
Received 4 Mar 2022203 Coombfield Drive Darenth Kent DA2 7LF
Received 4 Mar 2022Ocado Distribution Unit 1 Albion Road Dartford Kent DA1 5PZ
Received 3 Mar 202256 Lansbury Crescent Dartford Kent DA1 5DG
Received 4 Mar 2022Records 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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