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.
5,648 approved · 870 refused · 318 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Woodyard Whitehill Road Southfleet Kent
Received 24 Feb 2017The Woodyard Whitehill Road Southfleet Kent
Received 24 Feb 2017The Woodyard Whitehill Road Southfleet Kent
Received 24 Feb 2017103 Havelock Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HZ
Received 27 Feb 201740 Darenth Park Avenue Darenth Kent DA2 6LX
Received 27 Feb 2017Land West Of Joyce Green Lane Junction Bob Dunn Way Dartford Kent
Received 28 Feb 20175 Lunedale Road Darenth Kent DA2 6LR
Received 28 Feb 201741 Elm Road Dartford Kent DA1 2RT
Received 28 Feb 20178 St Ronans View Dartford Kent DA1 1QD
Received 28 Feb 2017109-111 Mounts Road Greenhithe Kent
Received 27 Feb 20171 Clayton Croft Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7AU
Received 28 Feb 2017Millbrook Garden Centre Station Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9PA
Received 28 Feb 2017Parcel A Phase 2 Castle Hill Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 28 Feb 201724 Acacia Road Dartford Kent DA1 2RU
Received 28 Feb 20171 Lawson Gardens Dartford Kent DA1 5BJ
Received 1 Mar 2017Dale Villa Dale Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NX
Received 1 Mar 2017Tilbury Power Station
Received 1 Mar 20176 Stanley Cottages Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA2 7JE
Received 1 Mar 201711 The Green Darenth Kent DA2 6JR
Received 1 Mar 201788 Colney Road Dartford Kent DA1 1UH
Received 1 Mar 20178 Woodlands Park Dartford Kent DA5 2EL
Received 1 Mar 2017Eebs Stables Trollingdown Hill Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA2 6NR
Received 2 Mar 201792 Ashen Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3LX
Received 2 Mar 2017Land At Broadditch Farm New Barn Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9PU
Received 3 Mar 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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