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.
5,791 approved · 886 refused · 329 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Outside 1 - 18 Maplehurst Close And Outside 18-21 (O) Coopers Drive Dartford Kent
Received 12 Jul 2017Adjacent Reynolds (The Chapel) And Pinewood House Dartford Kent DA5 2DX
Received 12 Jul 2017Opposite Old West Barn Westwood Farm Highcross Road Southfleet DA13 9PH
Received 12 Jul 2017Opposite Old West Barn Westwood Farm Highcross Road Southfleet DA13 9PH
Received 12 Jul 2017Opposite Old West Barn Westwood Farm Highcross Road Southfleet DA13 9PH
Received 12 Jul 2017Opposite Old West Barn Westwood Farm Highcross Road Southfleet DA13 9PH
Received 12 Jul 20175 Barfield Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EJ
Received 13 Jul 201710 Chastilian Road Dartford Kent DA1 3JJ
Received 13 Jul 2017St Albans House 98 East Hill Dartford DA1 1SB
Received 13 Jul 2017The Cart Lodge 5 North End Farm Park Corner Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9LJ
Received 14 Jul 2017First Floor 48-56 Lowfield Street Dartford Kent DA1 1HJ
Received 14 Jul 2017Rahan House 8 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HE
Received 14 Jul 201773 Bowmans Road Dartford Kent DA1 3QP
Received 14 Jul 201720 Castle Street Stone Kent DA9 9AB
Received 17 Jul 2017The Cart Lodge 6 North End Farm Park Corner Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9LJ
Received 17 Jul 2017Donal Lucey & Co And Beta Partnership 43 Highfield Road Dartford Kent DA1 2JS
Received 14 Jul 201758 Princes View Dartford Kent DA1 1RJ
Received 17 Jul 2017Land Adjacent 32 Joyce Green Lane Dartford Kent DA1 5HW
Received 17 Jul 201721 Strickland Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 5JR
Received 18 Jul 2017274/274A Main Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HJ
Received 18 Jul 2017Land Between 8 And 9 Elm Close Dartford Kent
Received 18 Jul 20179 Heather Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3LF
Received 18 Jul 201721 Strickland Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 5JR
Received 18 Jul 2017154 Henderson Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5LQ
Received 18 Jul 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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