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.
5,899 approved · 908 refused · 334 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Denton Terrace Bexley Kent DA5 2AF
Received 26 Oct 2017146 Ashen Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3LX
Received 27 Oct 201725 Linden Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 2RA
Received 27 Oct 20171 Bullace Lane Dartford Kent DA1 1BB
Received 26 Oct 20171 Bullace Lane Dartford Kent DA1 1BB
Received 26 Oct 20171 Bullace Lane Dartford Kent DA1 1BB
Received 26 Oct 20171 Bullace Lane Dartford Kent DA1 1BB
Received 26 Oct 20171 Bullace Lane Dartford Kent DA1 1BB
Received 27 Oct 20171 Bullace Lane Dartford Kent DA1 1BB
Received 27 Oct 20178 Market Street Dartford Kent DA1 1ET
Received 30 Oct 20178 Market Street Dartford Kent DA1 1ET
Received 30 Oct 201755 Eden Road Bexley Kent DA5 2EQ
Received 30 Oct 201714 Wood Lane Darenth Kent DA2 7LR
Received 30 Oct 201741 Powder Mill Lane Wilmington Kent DA1 1NT
Received 30 Oct 201744 Coniston Close Dartford Kent DA1 2TY
Received 30 Oct 20173A, 3B Hook Place Cottages & Weavers Cottages Hook Green Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NL
Received 30 Oct 201717 Heath Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2QE
Received 1 Nov 201772 Hawley Road Dartford Kent DA1 1PA
Received 1 Nov 2017Baldwyns Mansion Calvert Drive Dartford Kent
Received 1 Nov 2017122 Coombfield Drive Darenth Kent DA2 7LH
Received 1 Nov 2017West Village & Service Yards 5, 8 And 12 Bluewater Major Space Unit 8 Only Greenhithe Kent
Received 1 Nov 201720 Vanessa Way Bexley Kent DA5 2JS
Received 31 Oct 2017Elmstone Betsham Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9PD
Received 2 Nov 2017208 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HA
Received 3 Nov 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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