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.
5,929 approved · 909 refused · 334 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Oct 2014 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Riverside Energy Park
Received 28 Nov 2017Land At Joyce Green Quarry Joyce Green Lane Dartford Kent
Received 29 Nov 2017Former Central Park Nursery Central Park Cranford Road Dartford DA1 1JP
Received 29 Nov 2017A2 Bean To Ebbsfleet Junction Ebbsfleet Kent
Received 29 Nov 2017A2 Bean To Ebbsfleet Junction Ebbsfleet Kent
Received 28 Nov 2017Rear Of 81-85 Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent DA5 2EF
Received 30 Nov 2017Dartford Primary Academy (Juniors) York Road Dartford Kent DA1 1SQ
Received 30 Nov 201748 Brent Close Dartford Kent DA2 6DB
Received 30 Nov 201748 Brent Close Dartford Kent DA2 6DB
Received 30 Nov 201713 Norfield Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7NY
Received 1 Dec 2017Eebs Stables Trollingdown Hill Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA2 6NR
Received 1 Dec 2017Land At Joyce Green Quarry
Received 1 Dec 2017Northern Gateway East And Mill Pond Sites (GlaxoSmithKline - Eastern Parcel) Bounded By Hythe Street, Mill Pond Road, Temple Hill And Central Road Dartford
Received 4 Dec 2017Tilbury 2
Received 30 Nov 2017Slipway Pier Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9NS
Received 5 Dec 201725 Chave Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7ED
Received 5 Dec 201713 Balmoral Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EZ
Received 5 Dec 201716 Christchurch Road Dartford Kent DA1 3DH
Received 6 Dec 201721 Brackendene Wilmington Kent DA2 7NB
Received 6 Dec 201787 Woodlands Park Bexley Kent DA5 2EN
Received 6 Dec 2017120 Coombfield Drive Darenth Kent DA2 7LH
Received 6 Dec 2017Phase 2 St Clements Valley
Received 6 Dec 20172 Hillbrow Close Bexley Kent DA5 2HF
Received 6 Dec 2017142 Heath Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2TW
Received 6 Dec 2017Records 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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