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.
5,877 approved · 903 refused · 333 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Adjacent 41 Cedar Drive Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EW
Received 28 Sept 2017The Nursery Green Street Green Road Darenth DA2 8DP
Received 28 Sept 2017The Nursery Green Street Green Road Darenth DA2 8DP
Received 28 Sept 201732 Valley View Greenhithe Kent DA9 9LU
Received 28 Sept 2017Phase 2 Land At St Clements Way
Received 29 Sept 201741 Baker Crescent Dartford Kent DA1 2NF
Received 29 Sept 201719 Caspian Way Swanscombe Kent DA10 0LB
Received 29 Sept 2017Land At The Greyhound 58 Main Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EU
Received 29 Sept 2017Swyres Farm Green Street Green Road Darenth DA2 7JD
Received 29 Sept 2017Tesla Motors Ltd 3 Capstan Court Crossways Business Park Dartford Kent DA2 6QG
Received 29 Sept 2017Dartford Primary Academy (Juniors) York Road Dartford Kent DA1 1SQ
Received 2 Oct 2017314 Princes Road Dartford Kent DA1 2PX
Received 2 Oct 2017The Pump House 1 Fred Mead Southfleet Kent DA13 9PQ
Received 2 Oct 201738 Great Queen Street Dartford Kent DA1 1TJ
Received 2 Oct 2017Railway Bridge Junction Hythe Street Mill Pond Road Dartford Kent
Received 2 Oct 201785 Beacon Drive Bean Kent DA2 8BW
Received 2 Oct 201748 North Road Dartford Kent DA1 3NB
Received 3 Oct 20175 School Lane Bean Kent DA2 8AL
Received 3 Oct 201736 Caspian Way Swanscombe Kent DA10 0LE
Received 3 Oct 2017Parcel A, Phase 2 Castle Hill Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 3 Oct 201754 Ashen Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3LU
Received 3 Oct 20171 & 2 Church Cottages Church Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9NR
Received 4 Oct 2017Winston Service Station 224 Princes Road Dartford Kent DA1 2PZ
Received 4 Oct 201734 Powell Avenue Darenth Kent DA2 6NT
Received 4 Oct 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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