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.
5,632 approved · 868 refused · 316 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
First, Second And Third Floors, 27 - 31 High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DT
Received 3 Feb 20174 East Wing Chapel Drive Dartford Kent DA2 6FL
Received 6 Feb 20174 East Wing Chapel Drive Dartford Kent DA2 6FL
Received 6 Feb 2017Winston Service Station 224 Princes Road Dartford Kent DA1 2PZ
Received 6 Feb 2017Winston Service Station 224 Princes Road Dartford Kent DA1 2PZ
Received 6 Feb 20173 Capstan Court Crossways Business Park Dartford Kent DA2 6SB
Received 6 Feb 20179 Court Road Darenth Kent DA2 7JJ
Received 6 Feb 2017The Bridge (Tranche 4 And 5) Dartford
Received 6 Feb 201781 Shepherds Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2PA
Received 6 Feb 2017Unit U070b Upper Thames Walk Bluewater Greenhithe Kent DA9 9SQ
Received 7 Feb 201712 Wilmot Road Dartford Kent DA1 3BA
Received 8 Feb 2017Adjacent 23 Elham Crescent Dartford Kent DA2 6FA
Received 9 Feb 201724 Abbey Drive Dartford Kent DA2 7WP
Received 9 Feb 201717 King Edward Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 2HZ
Received 9 Feb 201730 Cowley Avenue Stone Kent DA9 9PJ
Received 7 Feb 2017Former Day Nursery St Marys Road Stone Kent DA9 9AG
Received 8 Feb 201751 Alfred Road Hawley Kent DA2 7SG
Received 9 Feb 2017Three Buoys Red Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9QL
Received 10 Feb 20173 Wilmington Court Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7AT
Received 10 Feb 201763 Pinewood Place Dartford Kent DA2 7WN
Received 13 Feb 20177 Princes Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HJ
Received 13 Feb 201777 Bowmans Road Dartford Kent DA1 3QP
Received 6 Feb 201717 Studley Crescent Longfield Kent DA3 7JL
Received 8 Feb 201728 Seaton Road Dartford Kent DA1 3LB
Received 8 Feb 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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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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