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.
8,690 approved · 1,288 refused · 461 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Broadditch Farm New Barn Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9PU
Received 29 Sept 20212 Red Cottages Common Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7DG
Received 29 Sept 20211 Selbourne Close Longfield Kent DA3 7HQ
Received 29 Sept 2021Land At Western Car Park Bluewater Shopping Centre
Received 30 Sept 2021Land East Of Lowfield Street Dartford Kent
Received 27 Sept 202111 Betsham Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0EU
Received 30 Sept 20211 Kemsley Close Greenhithe Kent DA9 9LS
Received 30 Sept 202141 St Martins Road Dartford Kent DA1 1UJ
Received 30 Sept 2021Stonepit 2 St James Lane Horns Cross Greenhithe Kent
Received 4 Oct 202155 Havelock Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HY
Received 4 Oct 202124 Muir Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5RL
Received 4 Oct 202154 Mayfair Road Dartford Kent DA1 5AQ
Received 4 Oct 20217 Paper Mill Lane Dartford Kent DA1 5BF
Received 4 Oct 202114 Taylor Row Wilmington Kent DA2 7DX
Received 5 Oct 2021Twistleton Court Priory Hill Dartford Kent
Received 5 Oct 2021Rear Of 281 Lowfield Street, Adjacent 2 Myrtle Road Dartford Kent DA1
Received 5 Oct 2021Ivydene Barn End Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7PP
Received 5 Oct 202141-44 Priory Road & 2 Burnham Road Dartford Kent DA1 2BS
Received 5 Oct 202140 St Vincents Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 5DA
Received 5 Oct 202142 Fleet Avenue Dartford Kent DA2 6NL
Received 6 Oct 202111 Merriall Close Castle Hill Ebbsfleet Valley Kent DA10 1BH
Received 5 Oct 20217 The Dell Greenhithe Kent DA9 9XG
Received 6 Oct 2021The Flying Boat 36 - 42 Spital Street Dartford Kent DA1 2DT
Received 7 Oct 2021Block F Oldfield Place Mill Pond Road Dartford Kent DA1 1BW
Received 5 Oct 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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