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.
5,617 approved · 866 refused · 316 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Oct 2014 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
A2 Bean To Ebbsfleet Junction Watling Street Bean Kent
Received 2 Oct 201433 Essex Road Dartford Kent DA1 2AU
Received 27 May 2016Dale Villa Dale Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NX
Received 9 Jun 2016West Village & Service Yards 5, 8 And 12 Bluewater
Received 28 Jul 2016Eastwood Metals 152 Lower Hythe Street Dartford Kent DA1 1BN
Received 12 Oct 2016Kent Football Club Rear Of Glentworth Club Lowfield Street Dartford DA1 1JB
Received 31 Oct 2016Land Rear Of 37-39 Brentfield Road Dartford Kent
Received 18 Nov 2016Pebbles Red Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9QL
Received 16 Dec 2016Land North Of Bob Dunn Way Dartford Kent
Received 20 Dec 201618 Brakefield Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9PZ
Received 5 Jan 2017103 Colney Road Dartford Kent DA1 1TG
Received 12 Jan 2017Storage Area Regency Mount Barn End Lane Wilmington Kent
Received 19 Jan 2017Plot 17 The Bridge Brunel Way Dartford Kent
Received 24 Jan 2017Plot 17 The Bridge Brunel Way Dartford Kent
Received 24 Jan 2017Plot 17 The Bridge Brunel Way Dartford Kent
Received 24 Jan 2017Plot 17 The Bridge Brunel Way Dartford Kent
Received 24 Jan 2017Plot 17 The Bridge Brunel Way Dartford Kent
Received 24 Jan 2017Plot 17 The Bridge Brunel Way Dartford Kent
Received 24 Jan 2017The Royal Oak School Lane Bean Kent DA2 8AL
Received 23 Jan 201746 East Hill Dartford Kent DA1 1RZ
Received 25 Jan 2017Co-Operative Food Stores 285 - 287 London Road Stone Kent DA9 9DA
Received 26 Jan 2017177 Hawley Road Dartford Kent DA1 1PB
Received 27 Jan 2017Land Adjacent To The Rear Of 1-12 Cressener Place Burnham Road Dartford
Received 27 Jan 201715 Capel Place Wilmington Kent DA2 7PU
Received 27 Jan 2017Records 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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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