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.
6,258 approved · 975 refused · 353 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Sept 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Asda Stores Ltd Prologis Warehouse Sandpit Road Dartford Kent DA1 5BU
Received 11 Apr 2018Heatherbank Rowhill Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7QQ
Received 11 Apr 201842 Norman Road Dartford Kent DA1 1LF
Received 11 Apr 20182 Priory Gardens Dartford Kent DA1 2BE
Received 11 Apr 201857 Knockhall Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9EZ
Received 11 Apr 20188 Bankside Close Bexley Kent DA5 2HE
Received 11 Apr 2018Old Mill Equestrian Centre Clement Street Swanley Kent BR8 7PQ
Received 12 Apr 2018Old Mill Equestrian Centre Clement Street Swanley BR8 7PQ
Received 12 Apr 201815 Latham Close Darenth Kent DA2 6NS
Received 12 Apr 2018Adjacent 105 Hill House Road Dartford Kent DA2 6EX
Received 12 Apr 2018Land At Western Car Park Bluewater Shopping Centre
Received 12 Apr 2018Stone Pit 1 Cotton Lane Stone
Received 12 Apr 20184 Wellington Road Dartford Kent DA1 3EH
Received 12 Apr 201843 Myrtle Road Dartford Kent DA1 2RJ
Received 12 Apr 201838 The Brent Dartford Kent DA1 1YN
Received 13 Apr 201838 The Brent Dartford Kent DA1 1YN
Received 13 Apr 2018Longreach Sewage Treatment Works Marsh Street Dartford Kent DA1 5PP
Received 13 Apr 20187 Wharfedale Road Dartford Kent DA2 6LH
Received 13 Apr 2018Mast Bob Dunn Way Dartford Kent
Received 13 Apr 2018Land Adjacent Green Barn Highcross Road Southfleet Kent
Received 13 Apr 201897 Highcross Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9PH
Received 13 Apr 20188 Ridgewood Southfleet Kent DA3 7LS
Received 13 Apr 2018Asda Superstores Crossways Boulevard Dartford DA9 9BT
Received 13 Apr 201819 Vale Road Dartford Kent DA1 2TU
Received 13 Apr 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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