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.
5,641 approved · 869 refused · 316 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Denton Terrace Bexley Kent DA5 2AF
Received 20 Feb 20175 Weird Wood Longfield Kent DA3 7HT
Received 20 Feb 20177 Merryweather Close Dartford Kent DA1 1UG
Received 17 Feb 20175 Orchard Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 2PP
Received 20 Feb 2017Greenhithe Service Station London Road Greenhithe DA9 9EJ
Received 20 Feb 20177 Hillbrow Close Bexley Kent DA5 2HF
Received 20 Feb 2017Community Building Phoenix Place Dartford Kent DA1 2XD
Received 20 Feb 2017Land South Of Coleridge Road And Land East Of Shaftsbury Lane Dartford Kent
Received 20 Feb 201737 Montagu Gardens Dartford Kent DA1 5RP
Received 21 Feb 2017Unit 3 Capstan Court Crossways Business Park Dartford Kent DA2 6SB
Received 21 Feb 2017Unit 3 Capstan Court Crossways Business Park Dartford Kent DA2 6SB
Received 21 Feb 2017Dene House Park Way Bexley Kent DA5 2JD
Received 21 Feb 20171 Low Close Stone Kent DA9 9PE
Received 22 Feb 201796 Beacon Drive Bean Kent DA2 8BG
Received 22 Feb 2017Land West Of Darenth Road (including Land At Clubbs Pit) Darenth Road Darenth
Received 21 Feb 2017Community Building Phoenix Place Dartford Kent DA1 2XD
Received 20 Feb 2017Community Building Phoenix Place Dartford Kent DA1 2XD
Received 20 Feb 2017Community Building Phoenix Place Dartford Kent DA1 2XD
Received 20 Feb 2017Community Building Phoenix Place Dartford Kent DA1 2XD
Received 20 Feb 2017Community Building Phoenix Place Dartford Kent DA1 2XD
Received 20 Feb 2017Community Building Phoenix Place Dartford Kent DA1 2XD
Received 20 Feb 2017Community Building Phoenix Place Dartford Kent DA1 2XD
Received 20 Feb 2017Community Building Phoenix Place Dartford Kent DA1 2XD
Received 20 Feb 2017Community Building Phoenix Place Dartford Kent DA1 2XD
Received 20 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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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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