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.
6,157 approved · 952 refused · 348 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Oct 2014 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
49 Dorchester Close Dartford Kent DA1 1ND
Received 21 Feb 2018Land North East Parcel Central Road Dartford Kent
Received 21 Feb 20184 Fourier Grove Dartford Kent DA1 5SW
Received 22 Feb 201812 Lady Jane Place Dartford Kent DA1 5QY
Received 22 Feb 2018Eastwood Metals Opposite 151 Lower Hythe Street Dartford Kent DA1 1BN
Received 22 Feb 20181A, 1B, 1C Knockhall Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9HL
Received 22 Feb 20182 Kenwood Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7EX
Received 22 Feb 20181 Leigh Place Hawley Road Hawley Kent DA2 7RE
Received 23 Feb 201899 Ashen Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3LY
Received 23 Feb 201899 Ashen Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3LY
Received 23 Feb 2018Annexe Chapter Farm House Red Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9QH
Received 23 Feb 201843 Hyde Grove Dartford Kent DA1 5GE
Received 23 Feb 201871 Wentworth Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3NQ
Received 26 Feb 201824 Chalet Close Bexley Kent DA5 2EY
Received 26 Feb 201898 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HG
Received 21 Feb 2018106 Chastilian Road Dartford Kent DA1 3LG
Received 22 Feb 2018Bluewater Shopping Centre Upper Thames Walk Bluewater Greenhithe Kent
Received 22 Feb 201823 Rectory Meadow Southfleet Kent DA13 9NY
Received 22 Feb 2018Adj 34 Valley View Greenhithe Kent DA9 9LU
Received 21 Feb 2018Adj 34 Valley View Greenhithe Kent DA9 9LU
Received 21 Feb 2018Land Adjacent 115 Milton Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0LS
Received 26 Feb 2018Adj 34 Valley View Greenhithe Kent DA9 9LU
Received 21 Feb 2018Land North Of Bob Dunn Way Dartford Kent
Received 27 Feb 201811 Drudgeon Way Bean Kent DA2 8BJ
Received 27 Feb 2018Records 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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