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.
5,705 approved · 875 refused · 326 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wastdale Red Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9QE
Received 12 May 2017Northern Gateway East (former GlaxoSmithKline - Eastern Parcel) Bounded By Mill Pond Road, Temple Hill And Central Road Dartford
Received 11 May 2017Land South Of Coleridge Road And Land East Of Shaftsbury Lane Dartford Kent
Received 10 May 201753 Pinewood Place Dartford Kent DA2 7WN
Received 12 May 2017Masonic Hall 71 West Hill Dartford Kent DA1 2HJ
Received 15 May 201718 Firmin Road Dartford Kent DA1 3AR
Received 15 May 2017230 London Road Stone Kent DA9 9JF
Received 15 May 2017268 Main Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HJ
Received 16 May 20175 Lockwood Place Dartford Kent DA1 5TD
Received 16 May 2017177 Hawley Road Dartford Kent DA1 1PB
Received 15 May 201723 Barnwell Road Dartford Kent DA1 5QS
Received 16 May 2017DiaSorin Central Road Dartford Kent DA1 5LR
Received 16 May 201741 Baldwyns Park Bexley Kent DA5 2BE
Received 15 May 201753 Norfield Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7NY
Received 16 May 201757 Devon Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9AA
Received 16 May 201721 Hasted Close Greenhithe Kent DA9 9HS
Received 17 May 201778 Barfield Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EL
Received 16 May 2017Bonnieview Barn End Lane Wilmington DA2 7PP
Received 17 May 201718 Pilgrims View Greenhithe Kent DA9 9QB
Received 17 May 2017Greenacres Four Greenacres Bow Arrow Lane Dartford Kent DA2 6PB
Received 17 May 2017Prospect Place Retail Park Prospect Place Dartford Kent
Received 17 May 2017Wastdale Red Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9QE
Received 18 May 20179 Foxwood Way Longfield Kent DA3 7LD
Received 18 May 201722 Wilmot Road Dartford Kent DA1 3BA
Received 18 May 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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