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.
5,720 approved · 877 refused · 326 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
69 Grosvenor Crescent Dartford Kent DA1 5AP
Received 31 May 2017Dartford Grammar School For Boys West Hill Dartford Kent DA1 2HW
Received 31 May 20171 Taylor Row Wilmington Kent DA2 7DU
Received 1 Jun 2017West Lodge Station Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9PA
Received 26 May 2017West Lodge Station Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9PA
Received 26 May 2017West Lodge Station Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9PA
Received 26 May 2017West Lodge Station Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9PA
Received 26 May 2017Castle Hill Neighbourhood Area Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe
Received 31 May 2017Craylands Gorge Eastern Quarry Swanscombe Kent
Received 31 May 2017217 Coombfield Drive Darenth Kent DA2 7LF
Received 1 Jun 20179 Ferndene Longfield Kent DA3 7HJ
Received 2 Jun 2017Castle Hill Central-Phase 5Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 2 Jun 201724 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HE
Received 5 Jun 201711 Heather Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3LF
Received 5 Jun 2017195 Coombfield Drive Darenth Kent DA2 7LF
Received 5 Jun 2017195 Coombfield Drive Darenth Kent DA2 7LF
Received 5 Jun 201720 Waltham Close Dartford Kent DA1 3LT
Received 5 Jun 2017131 The Brent Dartford Kent DA1 1YH
Received 5 Jun 2017Cedar Lodge 1 The Lodges Cotton Lane Stone Kent DA9 9BF
Received 5 Jun 2017217 Dartford Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HA
Received 5 Jun 2017131 The Brent Dartford DA1 1YH
Received 5 Jun 2017First Floor 55 High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DS
Received 6 Jun 20172A Park Road Dartford Kent DA1 1SL
Received 6 Jun 20172 Fairlight Cross Longfield Kent DA3 7JD
Received 6 Jun 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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