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.
5,708 approved · 876 refused · 326 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
112 Ashen Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3LX
Received 18 May 201711 Lingfield Avenue Dartford Kent DA2 6AP
Received 18 May 2017The Bridge Plot 36 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent
Received 18 May 20179 Portman Close Bexley Kent DA5 2AQ
Received 19 May 201731 Fleet Road Dartford Kent DA2 6JE
Received 19 May 201734 Heathview Crescent Dartford Kent DA1 2PJ
Received 19 May 20178 Woodlands Park Bexley Kent DA5 2EL
Received 19 May 2017Land South Of Coleridge Road And Land East Of Shaftsbury Lane Dartford Kent
Received 19 May 201738 Roseberry Gardens Dartford Kent DA1 2NX
Received 22 May 2017273 Princes Road Dartford Kent DA1 2PY
Received 22 May 20178 Abbey Drive Dartford Kent DA2 7WP
Received 22 May 20178 Williams Way Dartford Kent DA2 7WF
Received 22 May 201730 St Albans Road Dartford Kent DA1 1TE
Received 23 May 201724 Abbey Drive Dartford Kent DA2 7WP
Received 23 May 2017134 Colney Road Dartford Kent DA1 1UH
Received 23 May 201762 Cowdrey Court Dartford Kent DA1 2PL
Received 23 May 2017Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 23 May 2017Burnt Oak House Rowhill Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7QQ
Received 23 May 201712 Hulsewood Close Wilmington Kent DA2 7AD
Received 23 May 201725 Raeburn Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 3BQ
Received 24 May 2017The Bridge Plot 36 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent
Received 24 May 20177 High Trees Stone Kent DA2 6PL
Received 23 May 201712 Church Path Stone Kent DA9 9JR
Received 24 May 2017Land Adj Tudor Court Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA1 1QF
Received 24 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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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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