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.
6,275 approved · 979 refused · 354 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
42 Stonewood Bean Kent DA2 8BY
Received 9 May 201899 Ashen Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3LY
Received 9 May 201823 Montagu Gardens Dartford Kent DA1 5RP
Received 9 May 2018238 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HA
Received 8 May 201846 Rosedale Close Dartford Kent DA2 6AL
Received 9 May 201839 Barton Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EA
Received 10 May 201869 Water Mill Way Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9BE
Received 10 May 201824A Common Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7DF
Received 10 May 2018Highgrove House New Barn Road Southfleet DA3 7LT
Received 10 May 2018West Hill House West Hill Dartford Kent
Received 10 May 201834 Windermere Close Dartford Kent DA1 2TX
Received 11 May 2018Rosslyn Pescot Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7NA
Received 1 Mar 201812 Lady Jane Place Dartford Kent DA1 5QY
Received 11 May 20185 Berkeley Crescent Dartford Kent DA1 1NH
Received 11 May 201847 Chestnut Grove Wilmington Kent DA2 7PQ
Received 14 May 2018158 Chastilian Road Dartford Kent DA1 3LQ
Received 14 May 20187 Starling Close Longfield Kent DA3 7NP
Received 14 May 2018Braeside Roman Villa Road Darenth Kent DA2 7QS
Received 14 May 2018Land At Broadditch Farm New Barn Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9PU
Received 14 May 201823 Gerdview Drive Wilmington Kent DA2 7BS
Received 14 May 201823 Gerdview Drive Wilmington Kent DA2 7BS
Received 14 May 2018Hawley Kitchen Hawley Road Hawley Kent DA1 1PX
Received 15 May 2018Pinewood House Old Bexley Lane Bexley Kent DA5 2BW
Received 15 May 2018Beesfield Gorsewood Road Hartley Kent
Received 15 May 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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