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.
5,922 approved · 909 refused · 334 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Nevada Hook Green Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7AJ
Received 20 Nov 201729 Providence Street Stone Kent DA9 9AA
Received 22 Nov 201771 Park Road Dartford Kent DA1 1ST
Received 22 Nov 201730 St Albans Road Dartford Kent DA1 1TE
Received 23 Nov 2017165 Princes Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HP
Received 23 Nov 201740 Hanbury Walk Bexley Kent DA5 2JJ
Received 23 Nov 201732 Chestnut Grove Wilmington Kent DA2 7PG
Received 24 Nov 2017Unit L074 Lower Thames Walk Bluewater Greenhithe Kent DA9 9SL
Received 24 Nov 201743 Blenheim Road Dartford Kent DA1 3EB
Received 27 Nov 201720 Evans Close Stone Kent DA9 9PG
Received 27 Nov 201725 Orchard Close Longfield Kent DA3 7JP
Received 27 Nov 2017The Roastery Unit C1 Riverside Industrial Estate Riverside Way Dartford Kent DA1 5BS
Received 27 Nov 2017The Roastery Unit C1 Riverside Industrial Estate Riverside Way Dartford Kent DA1 5BS
Received 27 Nov 201739 West Hill Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3DU
Received 27 Nov 2017The Rose And Crown 43 West Hill Dartford Kent DA1 2HJ
Received 27 Nov 2017Former Walnut Tree 11 Highfield Road And First Floor Flat 9 Dartford Kent
Received 27 Nov 201721 Strickland Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 5JR
Received 28 Nov 20178 Montagu Gardens Dartford Kent DA1 5RP
Received 28 Nov 201753 Norfield Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7NY
Received 29 Nov 2017194 Princes Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HR
Received 29 Nov 201713 Broad Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7AQ
Received 29 Nov 201712 Heathwood Walk Bexley Kent DA5 2BP
Received 29 Nov 201712 Heathwood Walk Bexley Kent DA5 2BP
Received 29 Nov 2017North Kent College Oakfield Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2JT
Received 29 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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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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