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.
8,895 approved · 1,315 refused · 470 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Sept 2008 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Eagle Farm Rear Of 95 High Road Wilmington Kent
Received 19 Jun 2025WHSmith 19-21 High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DT
Received 19 Jun 2025Plot 6 Clipper Boulevard Dartford Kent DA2 6QB
Received 19 Jun 202540 St Vincents Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 5DA
Received 19 Jun 202543 Edwin Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7DD
Received 20 Jun 2025Wintergarden Crescent Playground Bluewater Shopping Centre Dartford Greenhithe DA9 9ST
Received 20 Jun 2025Holly House 1 Shears Close Dartford Kent DA1 2TL
Received 23 Jun 2025200 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HA
Received 16 Jun 20254 Langworth Close Wilmington Kent DA2 7ET
Received 23 Jun 202568 Central Road Dartford Kent DA1 5UN
Received 23 Jun 2025Sutton At Hone Lakes Gravel Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HQ
Received 23 Jun 20251 The Maples Longfield Kent DA3 7JW
Received 19 Jun 2025North Kent College Oakfield Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2JT
Received 23 Jun 202517 Powell Avenue Darenth Kent DA2 6NT
Received 23 Jun 202525 Maple Road Dartford Kent DA1 2QY
Received 24 Jun 2025Sutton At Hone Lakes Gravel Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HQ
Received 23 Jun 2025Sutton At Hone Lakes Gravel Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HQ
Received 23 Jun 2025Sutton At Hone Lakes Gravel Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HQ
Received 23 Jun 2025Sutton At Hone Lakes Gravel Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HQ
Received 23 Jun 202514 East Hill Dartford Kent DA1 1RY
Received 24 Jun 202592 Colney Road Dartford Kent DA1 1UH
Received 25 Jun 2025Greenacre Rowhill Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7QQ
Received 25 Jun 2025Sutton Court 12 Main Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HA
Received 26 Jun 202538 Havelock Drive Greenhithe Kent DA9 9XU
Received 26 Jun 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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