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.
8,882 approved · 1,310 refused · 469 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wilmount Place Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA1 1QF
Received 15 May 202530 Brent Lane Dartford Kent DA1 1QW
Received 16 May 20257 Beech Road Dartford Kent DA1 2RQ
Received 16 May 20254 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HE
Received 16 May 202553 High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DS
Received 16 May 2025Birchwood Park Golf And Country Club Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HJ
Received 19 May 20256 Sara Crescent Greenhithe Kent DA9 9NY
Received 19 May 20258 Chambers Close Stone Kent DA9 9RB
Received 19 May 202526 Park Road Dartford Kent DA1 1SY
Received 19 May 202572 Hedge Place Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9LH
Received 19 May 202512 Richmond Lane Dartford Kent DA1 5UG
Received 19 May 202572 Hedge Place Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9LH
Received 19 May 202530 Brent Lane Dartford Kent DA1 1QW
Received 20 May 2025118B Park Road Dartford Kent DA1 1SZ
Received 20 May 20259 St Albans Road Dartford Kent DA1 1TF
Received 20 May 202553 Shearwater Longfield Kent DA3 7NL
Received 20 May 20258 Capstan Court Crossways Business Park Dartford Kent DA2 6QG
Received 20 May 2025121 St Vincents Road Dartford Kent DA1 1XA
Received 21 May 202572 Hedge Place Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9LH
Received 21 May 2025174 Chastilian Road Dartford Kent DA1 3LQ
Received 21 May 2025Savigny Darenth Hill Darenth Kent DA2 7QR
Received 21 May 202515 Christchurch Road Dartford Kent DA1 3DH
Received 21 May 202554 Trebble Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0EB
Received 22 May 2025Whiffens Valley Stables Clement Street Swanley Kent BR8 7PF
Received 22 May 2025Records 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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