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.
5,971 approved · 915 refused · 336 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 Royal Road Hawley Kent DA2 7RD
Received 8 Jan 20181 Bankside Close Bexley Kent DA5 2HE
Received 9 Jan 2018The Bridge Commercial Plot 17 Brunel Way Dartford Kent
Received 5 Jan 2018The Bridge Commercial Plot 17 Brunel Way Dartford Kent
Received 5 Jan 2018The Bridge Commercial Plot 17 Brunel Way Dartford Kent
Received 5 Jan 2018158 Dartford Road Dartford Kent DA1 3EX
Received 9 Jan 2018Childrens Play Area Valley View Greenhithe Kent
Received 10 Jan 201837 Highfield Road Dartford Kent DA1 2JS
Received 10 Jan 201839 Tredegar Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7AY
Received 11 Jan 201816 Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent DA5 2HP
Received 10 Jan 2018194 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HA
Received 10 Jan 201880 Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HE
Received 11 Jan 201812 St Vincents Road Dartford Kent DA1 1XZ
Received 12 Jan 201854 Joydens Wood Road Bexley Kent DA5 2HT
Received 12 Jan 201845 Baldwyns Park Bexley Kent DA5 2BE
Received 11 Jan 201823 Faesten Way Bexley Kent DA5 2JB
Received 12 Jan 201823 Faesten Way Bexley Kent DA5 2JB
Received 12 Jan 201827 Meadow Way Dartford Kent DA2 6AB
Received 12 Jan 2018Wilmington Academy Common Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7DR
Received 12 Jan 201830 The Close Wilmington Kent DA2 7ES
Received 12 Jan 20188 St Ronans View Dartford Kent DA1 1QD
Received 12 Jan 2018Skylarks Main Road Longfield Kent DA3 7AG
Received 12 Jan 201842 Maiden Lane Dartford Kent DA1 4AG
Received 12 Jan 201880 Main Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EU
Received 15 Jan 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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