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.
6,176 approved · 956 refused · 348 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
165 - 173 Hawley Road Dartford Kent DA1 1PB
Received 5 Mar 201820 Ingress Park Avenue Greenhithe Kent DA9 9XJ
Received 5 Mar 201824 Miskin Road Dartford Kent DA1 2LS
Received 6 Mar 201820 Dartford Road Dartford Kent DA1 3DY
Received 5 Mar 2018Belmont House Red Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9QH
Received 6 Mar 201859 Grosvenor Crescent Dartford Kent DA1 5AP
Received 7 Mar 201823 The Old Yews Longfield Kent DA3 7JS
Received 7 Mar 2018Copplestone Barn End Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7PP
Received 7 Mar 201816 Brent Close Dartford Kent DA2 6DB
Received 8 Mar 201813 Dene Close Wilmington Kent DA2 7ND
Received 8 Mar 2018Rowhill Stables Rowhill Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7QQ
Received 8 Mar 2018Rowhill Stables Rowhill Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7QQ
Received 8 Mar 2018Heron House Station Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9UX
Received 8 Mar 201823 Darent Mead Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EH
Received 9 Mar 201823 Darent Mead Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EH
Received 9 Mar 201831 Norman Road Dartford Kent DA1 1LE
Received 9 Mar 2018Golden Fish Bar 271 Watling Street Dartford Kent DA2 6EB
Received 9 Mar 201867 Woodlands Park Bexley Kent DA5 2EN
Received 12 Mar 20181 Bott Road Hawley Kent DA2 7RX
Received 12 Mar 2018Former Central Park Nursery Central Park Cranford Road Dartford DA1 1JP
Received 12 Mar 2018Sycamore Lodge 2 The Lodges Cotton Lane Stone Kent DA9 9BF
Received 12 Mar 2018Plot 2 Applegarth Drive Questor Wilmington Kent
Received 13 Mar 2018Plot 3B Fawkes Avenue Questor Wilmington Kent
Received 13 Mar 201832 Chestnut Grove Wilmington Kent DA2 7PG
Received 13 Mar 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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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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