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.
5,858 approved · 902 refused · 333 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Tile Kiln Lane Bexley Kent DA5 2JF
Received 11 Sept 2017Rear Of 56 To 58 Spital Street Dartford Kent DA1 2DU
Received 11 Sept 20179 Royal Road Hawley Kent DA2 7RD
Received 11 Sept 201767 Queens Gardens Dartford Kent DA2 6HZ
Received 12 Sept 20177 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HF
Received 12 Sept 201720 Knockhall Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9HJ
Received 12 Sept 20172 Fairlight Cross Longfield Kent DA3 7JD
Received 12 Sept 201758 Darenth Park Avenue Darenth Kent DA2 6LX
Received 12 Sept 20179 Foxwood Way Longfield Kent DA3 7LD
Received 13 Sept 201754 Joydens Wood Road Bexley Kent DA5 2HT
Received 13 Sept 201738 Ingram Road Dartford Kent DA1 1JL
Received 13 Sept 2017Plot 2 The Bridge Littlebrook Manor Way Dartford Kent
Received 11 Sept 2017Plot 2 The Bridge Littlebrook Manor Way Dartford Kent
Received 11 Sept 2017Plot 2 The Bridge Littlebrook Manor Way Dartford Kent
Received 11 Sept 201728 Spital Street Dartford Kent DA1 2DL
Received 13 Sept 201740 Chalk Close Dartford Kent DA1 1AN
Received 12 Sept 2017281 Lowfield Street Dartford Kent DA1 1LB
Received 13 Sept 201746 Heather Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3LE
Received 13 Sept 201721 Mannock Road Dartford Kent DA1 5QT
Received 13 Sept 20176 Barker Fields Southfleet Kent DA13 9AL
Received 13 Sept 2017Former Royal Oak Pub School Lane Bean Kent
Received 13 Sept 20172 Savoy Road Dartford Kent DA1 5AW
Received 14 Sept 2017Wentworth County Primary School Wentworth Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3NG
Received 14 Sept 20178 Sandringham Drive Dartford Kent DA2 7WB
Received 15 Sept 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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