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.
5,742 approved · 885 refused · 326 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Phase 2 Former Empire Sports Ground South Of Knockhall Road Greenhithe Kent
Received 13 Jun 20176 Rowhill Cottages Puddledock Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7QF
Received 13 Jun 201730 St Albans Road Dartford DA1 1TE
Received 12 Jun 201713 Yew Tree Close Longfield Kent DA3 7LB
Received 14 Jun 2017Phase 2 Former Empire Sports Ground South Of Knockhall Road Greenhithe Kent
Received 13 Jun 2017Phase 2 Former Empire Sports Ground South Of Knockhall Road Greenhithe Kent
Received 13 Jun 2017Phase 2 Former Empire Sports Ground South Of Knockhall Road Greenhithe Kent
Received 13 Jun 201712 St James Lane Horns Cross Kent DA9 9LG
Received 14 Jun 2017Phase2 Former Empire Sports Ground South Of Knockhall Road Greenhithe Kent
Received 13 Jun 2017Phase 2 Former Empire Sports Ground South Of Knockhall Road Greenhithe Kent
Received 13 Jun 201715 Dawes Close Stone Greenhithe Kent DA9 9RA
Received 15 Jun 2017Clisha Shellbank Lane Bean Kent DA2 8AX
Received 15 Jun 2017Nevada Hook Green Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7AJ
Received 15 Jun 201769 Oakfield Park Road Wilmington Kent DA1 2SR
Received 15 Jun 201761 Littlebrook Manor Way Dartford Kent DA1 5DU
Received 16 Jun 20177 Paper Mill Mews Greenhithe Kent DA9 9UW
Received 16 Jun 201740 Chalk Close Dartford Kent DA1 1AN
Received 19 Jun 201769 Oakfield Park Road Wilmington Kent DA1 2SR
Received 19 Jun 201748 Darenth Park Avenue Darenth Kent DA2 6LX
Received 19 Jun 2017Land To The Rear Of 2-33 St Marys Road Stone DA9 9AS
Received 19 Jun 201732 Mounts Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9LZ
Received 19 Jun 201720 Dartford Road Dartford Kent DA1 3DY
Received 19 Jun 201714 Essex Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QL
Received 20 Jun 20174 Axtane Hook Green Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NB
Received 20 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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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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