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.
5,944 approved · 910 refused · 335 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adjacent 33 St Marys Road Stone Kent
Received 6 Dec 201733 Joydens Wood Road Bexley Kent DA5 2HU
Received 6 Dec 201733 Joydens Wood Road Bexley DA5 2HU
Received 6 Dec 2017The Haven Southfleet Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7JG
Received 6 Dec 201717 Starboard Avenue Greenhithe DA9 9NB
Received 7 Dec 201717 Starboard Avenue Greenhithe Kent DA9 9NB
Received 7 Dec 201717 Northdown Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QN
Received 7 Dec 201710 Applegarth Drive Questor Wilmington Kent DA1 1JD
Received 8 Dec 2017102 Gore Road Darenth Kent DA2 6LY
Received 8 Dec 201715 Orchard Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 2PP
Received 8 Dec 201771 North Road Dartford Kent DA1 3ND
Received 11 Dec 201777 Heath Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2QF
Received 11 Dec 20173 Mead Road Dartford Kent DA1 2RH
Received 11 Dec 2017Dale Villa Dale Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NX
Received 11 Dec 20172 Court Hill Cottages Hook Green Road Southfleet DA13 9NG
Received 11 Dec 2017Plot 17 The Bridge Brunel Way Dartford Kent
Received 8 Dec 2017Plot 17 The Bridge Brunel Way Dartford Kent
Received 8 Dec 2017Plot 17 The Bridge Brunel Way Dartford Kent
Received 8 Dec 2017Plot 17 The Bridge Brunel Way Dartford Kent
Received 8 Dec 2017The Paddock Parsons Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7BB
Received 11 Dec 2017220 Main Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HP
Received 11 Dec 201746 Leyton Cross Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7AW
Received 12 Dec 2017Autumn Chance 9 Woodland Close Longfield DA3 7HA
Received 12 Dec 20171 Clayton Croft Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7AU
Received 13 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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