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8,882 approved · 1,310 refused · 469 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
28 Brackendene Wilmington Kent DA2 7NB
Received 22 May 20254 And 6 Burnham Road Dartford Kent DA1 5AL
Received 22 May 20252 Lincoln Terrace Green Street Green Road Darenth Kent DA2 7JR
Received 23 May 2025West Hill House West Hill Dartford Kent DA1 2EU
Received 23 May 2025145 Dartford Road Dartford Kent DA1 3EW
Received 27 May 202548 Broad Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7AG
Received 27 May 202530 Brent Lane Dartford Kent DA1 1QW
Received 27 May 202530 Brent Lane Dartford Kent DA1 1QW
Received 27 May 202523 Lodge Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 3DX
Received 27 May 2025Land At Thames Road Crayford Kent
Received 27 May 2025Land Adjacent Ryecroft Farm Green Street Green Road Darenth Kent DA2 8DX
Received 27 May 20256 Bowmans Road Dartford Kent DA1 3QP
Received 27 May 202530 Brent Lane Dartford Kent DA1 1QW
Received 27 May 202511 Wayville Road Dartford Kent DA1 1RL
Received 27 May 202528 Rayford Close Dartford Kent DA1 3AJ
Received 27 May 20254 Laburnum Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 2QN
Received 28 May 202518 Sycamore Road Dartford Kent DA1 2QS
Received 28 May 20253 Stonely Crescent Greenhithe Kent DA9 9SZ
Received 28 May 2025Foxglove House Pilgrims Court Dartford Kent DA1 5LZ
Received 28 May 20259 Marcus Road Dartford Kent DA1 3JX
Received 28 May 20258 Powell Avenue Darenth Kent DA2 6NT
Received 29 May 202529 Pincroft Wood Longfield Kent DA3 7HB
Received 29 May 2025Land Rear (North) Of Rowhill School Stock Lane Wilmington Kent
Received 29 May 2025Hawley Garden Centre Hawley Road Hawley Kent DA2 7RB
Received 29 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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