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.
8,960 approved · 1,324 refused · 473 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HE
Received 5 Aug 2025Savigny Darenth Hill Darenth Kent DA2 7QR
Received 6 Aug 2025Bluewater Shopping Centre Greenhithe Kent
Received 6 Aug 2025The Yew Tree (formerly The Ship) Green Street Green Road Darenth Kent DA2 8DP
Received 6 Aug 202599 Darenth Road Dartford Kent DA1 1NJ
Received 6 Aug 2025Tudor Lodge New Barn Road Longfield Kent DA3 7LT
Received 7 Aug 202521 Woodlands Park Bexley Kent DA5 2EN
Received 7 Aug 2025Sutton Court 12 Main Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HA
Received 6 Aug 2025Land Off Watling Street Eastern Quarry Swanscombe Kent
Received 7 Aug 2025Phase 4 Vauxhall Farm Land East Of Lowfield Street Lowfield Street Dartford DA1 1HJ
Received 7 Aug 202533A Carlton Avenue Horns Cross Greenhithe Kent DA9 9DR
Received 8 Aug 2025Mead Veterinary Centre Mead Road Dartford Kent DA1 2RH
Received 8 Aug 2025Neptune Slipway 4 Pier Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9NS
Received 11 Aug 202511 Salmon Road Dartford Kent DA1 5JB
Received 11 Aug 202522 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HE
Received 11 Aug 20258 Northview Cottages Clement Street Swanley Kent BR8 7PH
Received 12 Aug 2025Site Of Former 53 Watling Street Dartford Kent DA1 1RW
Received 12 Aug 2025Plot 5 Former Dartford International Ferry Terminal Clipper Boulevard Dartford Kent DA2 6QB
Received 12 Aug 20257 Lapwings Longfield Kent DA3 7NH
Received 13 Aug 2025The Maple 67 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HQ
Received 13 Aug 202530 Brent Lane Dartford Kent DA1 1QW
Received 13 Aug 202543 The Brent Dartford Kent DA1 1YD
Received 13 Aug 2025117 Dartford Road Dartford Kent DA1 3EN
Received 14 Aug 202519 Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HS
Received 14 Aug 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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