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.
5,902 approved · 908 refused · 334 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wilmington Grammar School For Girls Parsons Lane Wilmington DA2 7BB
Received 3 Nov 2017Court Wood House New Barn Road Southfleet Kent DA3 7LT
Received 3 Nov 20175 Empire Walk Greenhithe Kent DA9 9FU
Received 6 Nov 201729 Coombfield Drive Darenth Kent DA2 7LE
Received 6 Nov 2017219 Chastilian Road Dartford Kent DA1 3LW
Received 6 Nov 2017Lower Thames Crossing
Received 3 Nov 2017Dartford Primary Academy (Juniors) York Road Dartford Kent DA1 1SQ
Received 6 Nov 201719 Meadow Walk Wilmington Kent DA2 7BP
Received 6 Nov 2017The Clock House Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA2 8DP
Received 6 Nov 201771 Shepherds Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2NS
Received 6 Nov 2017179A Dartford Road Dartford Kent DA1 3EW
Received 6 Nov 20175th Dartford Scout Hall 62A West Hill Dartford Kent DA1 2EU
Received 6 Nov 201712 High Trees Stone Kent DA2 6PL
Received 7 Nov 201720 North Road Dartford Kent DA1 3NA
Received 7 Nov 201729 Woodlands Park Bexley Kent DA5 2EN
Received 7 Nov 201710 Whitby Close Stone Kent DA9 9QE
Received 7 Nov 20179 Sinclair Way Darenth Kent DA2 7JS
Received 8 Nov 2017The Brent Primary School London Road Stone Kent DA2 6BA
Received 7 Nov 2017Pavilion Baker Crescent Dartford DA1 2NG
Received 8 Nov 2017Dartford Primary Academy (Juniors) York Road Dartford Kent DA1 1SQ
Received 6 Nov 2017Dartford Primary Academy (Juniors) York Road Dartford Kent DA1 1SQ
Received 6 Nov 2017Dartford Primary Academy (Juniors) York Road Dartford Kent DA1 1SQ
Received 6 Nov 201720 Devonshire Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 3DW
Received 9 Nov 201725 Oaklands Road Dartford Kent DA2 6NH
Received 9 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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