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.
5,797 approved · 889 refused · 329 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
314 Princes Road Dartford Kent DA1 2PX
Received 19 Jul 201716 Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent DA5 2HP
Received 17 Jul 20179 Hurlfield Wilmington Kent DA2 7BH
Received 19 Jul 2017206 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HA
Received 19 Jul 20171 Oakwood Close Dartford Kent DA1 1YU
Received 19 Jul 2017Plot 17 The Bridge Brunel Way Dartford Kent
Received 19 Jul 201748 Stonewood Bean Kent DA2 8BY
Received 20 Jul 2017The Bungalow Trollingdown Hill Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA2 6NR
Received 20 Jul 2017Castle Hill Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 18 Jul 2017Pavilion Baker Crescent Dartford Kent
Received 20 Jul 2017119 Main Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HQ
Received 20 Jul 2017Dean And Chapter Cottages Red Street Southfleet DA13 9QG
Received 21 Jul 2017Pavilion Baker Crescent Dartford Kent
Received 20 Jul 201767 Hythe Street Dartford DA1 1BG
Received 21 Jul 201711 Cobham Terrace Bean Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9HZ
Received 24 Jul 2017Fairlawn Red Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9QH
Received 24 Jul 2017118 Swaisland Road Dartford Kent DA1 3DE
Received 24 Jul 20173 Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent DA5 2EB
Received 24 Jul 2017Lanes Farm Park Corner Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9LS
Received 24 Jul 2017Land To The Rear Of 2-33 St Marys Road Stone Kent
Received 24 Jul 201715 Barham Road Dartford Kent DA1 1XG
Received 24 Jul 20177 Weavers Orchard Hook Green Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NP
Received 24 Jul 2017Littlebrook Power Station Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5PT
Received 24 Jul 2017West Hill House West Hill Dartford DA1 2EU
Received 24 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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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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