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.
8,710 approved · 1,290 refused · 462 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
48 Carrington Road Dartford Kent DA1 1XW
Received 13 Oct 20214 Teesdale Road Dartford Kent DA2 6LJ
Received 13 Oct 2021Benlin Farm Cottage Trollingdown Hill Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA2 6NR
Received 13 Oct 2021Weavers Hook Green Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NJ
Received 13 Oct 2021Weavers Hook Green Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NJ
Received 13 Oct 202139 - 40 Craylands Lane Swanscombe Kent DA10 0LP
Received 13 Oct 20216 Curates Walk Wilmington Kent DA2 7BJ
Received 13 Oct 202134 Seaton Road Dartford Kent DA1 3LB
Received 14 Oct 20211 Richmond Lane Dartford Kent DA1 5UG
Received 14 Oct 2021Tudor Lodge New Barn Road Longfield Kent DA3 7LT
Received 14 Oct 2021Lumbersland Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HD
Received 14 Oct 2021Phase 2 Land At St Clements Way
Received 14 Oct 2021The Brackens Rowhill Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7QQ
Received 14 Oct 202122 Marcus Road Dartford Kent DA1 3JX
Received 14 Oct 2021The Oval Play Area Border With 21 Pincroft Wood Longfield Kent
Received 18 Oct 20212 Williams Way Dartford Kent DA2 7WF
Received 18 Oct 20217 Darenth Park Avenue Darenth Kent DA2 6JN
Received 19 Oct 20217 Fairlight Cross Longfield Kent DA3 7JD
Received 19 Oct 2021Neighbourhood House Ackers Drive Ebbsfleet Kent DA10 0BE
Received 19 Oct 2021Community Hub Talbot Lane Ebbsfleet Kent DA10 1AZ
Received 19 Oct 2021Alkerden Village Parcel 3 Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 19 Oct 20211 The Close Wilmington Kent DA2 7ES
Received 20 Oct 2021Sherwood Glen Common Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7DB
Received 20 Oct 202169 Shepherds Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2NS
Received 20 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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