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.
5,747 approved · 886 refused · 327 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Dartford Football Club Stadium Princes Park Grassbanks Dartford Kent DA1 1RT
Received 20 Jun 20171 Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent DA5 2EB
Received 21 Jun 201711 Nurstead Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HG
Received 21 Jun 2017Trees Adjacent 49,47 & 45 Drudgeon Way And Adjacent Allotment Gardens Bean Kent
Received 21 Jun 201720 Leonard Avenue Swanscombe Kent DA10 0EY
Received 22 Jun 201756 Elm Road Dartford Kent DA1 2RX
Received 22 Jun 2017Land To The Rear Of 2-33 St Marys Road Stone DA9 9AS
Received 19 Jun 2017Area Of Service Yard 10 The Village (Adjacent To Red Car Park) Bluewater Shopping Centre
Received 22 Jun 2017Plots 1, 2, 3B & 4 Questor Industrial Estate
Received 22 Jun 201710 St Ronans View Dartford Kent DA1 1QD
Received 22 Jun 2017Radha Krishna Pencroft Drive Dartford Kent DA1 2PB
Received 23 Jun 2017314 Princes Road Dartford Kent DA1 2PX
Received 26 Jun 2017115 Burnham Road Dartford Kent DA1 5AZ
Received 26 Jun 201766 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HG
Received 26 Jun 2017Allerton Hawley Road Hawley Kent DA2 7RB
Received 26 Jun 20178 Attlee Drive Dartford DA1 5DE
Received 26 Jun 20175 Stafford Close Stone Kent DA9 9QQ
Received 26 Jun 201715 - 23 Lowfield Street Dartford Kent DA1 1EW
Received 26 Jun 20177 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HF
Received 27 Jun 201744 West Hill Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3DU
Received 27 Jun 20173 Manor Gate Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7EW
Received 26 Jun 201710 Foxwood Way Longfield Kent DA3 7LD
Received 26 Jun 20179 Darwin Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 5RR
Received 27 Jun 2017314 Princes Road Dartford DA1 2PX
Received 27 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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