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.
6,287 approved · 979 refused · 355 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Sept 2014 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
81 Spurrell Avenue Bexley Kent DA5 2EX
Received 6 Jun 201887 Castleridge Drive Greenhithe Kent DA9 9WR
Received 6 Jun 2018Rosewood Lodge Invicta Road Dartford Kent DA2 6AD
Received 6 Jun 201813 Main Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QT
Received 7 Jun 2018The Old Rectory St Marys Road Stone Kent DA9 9AS
Received 7 Jun 2018The Old Rectory St Marys Road Stone Kent DA9 9AS
Received 7 Jun 201836 Gunn Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0JN
Received 7 Jun 2018Pit 9 And 9A South Of London Road Stone Kent
Received 5 Jun 201831 Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent DA5 2EB
Received 7 Jun 201861 Malt Kiln Place Stone Kent DA2 6FW
Received 8 Jun 201863 Malt Kiln Place Stone Kent DA2 6FW
Received 8 Jun 201840 Heathclose Road Dartford Kent DA1 2PU
Received 8 Jun 2018158 Chastilian Road Dartford Kent DA1 3LQ
Received 8 Jun 201811 Meadow Way Dartford Kent DA2 6AB
Received 8 Jun 201828A Harold Road Hawley Kent DA2 7SA
Received 8 Jun 20183 Hawley Road Dartford Kent DA1 1NP
Received 8 Jun 2018Court Lodge Farm Hook Green Road Southfleet DA13 9NQ
Received 8 Jun 20188 Bradbrook Drive Longfield Kent DA3 7BF
Received 8 Jun 2018London Tunnels II
Received 11 Jun 201840 Tredegar Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7AZ
Received 11 Jun 2018West View Southfleet Road Bean Kent DA2 8BS
Received 11 Jun 20184 Dawes Close Stone Kent DA9 9RA
Received 8 Jun 201830 Priory Hill Dartford Kent DA1 2BH
Received 11 Jun 20184 Pacific Close Swanscombe Kent DA10 0LN
Received 12 Jun 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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