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.
5,974 approved · 915 refused · 336 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
30 Hazel Road Dartford Kent DA1 2SE
Received 15 Jan 201816 Brent Close Dartford Kent DA2 6DB
Received 15 Jan 20183 Church Field Wilmington Kent DA2 7EJ
Received 15 Jan 201841 Elm Road Dartford Kent DA1 2RT
Received 15 Jan 2018140 Willow Road Dartford Kent DA1 2QP
Received 15 Jan 201817 Meadow Way Dartford Kent DA2 6AB
Received 15 Jan 20188 Knockhall Chase Greenhithe Kent DA9 9EN
Received 15 Jan 20181 Hart Shaw Longfield Kent DA3 7JH
Received 15 Jan 20187 Rectory Meadow Southfleet Kent DA13 9NY
Received 15 Jan 2018173A Dartford Road Dartford Kent DA1 3EW
Received 15 Jan 2018Kilree Red Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9QE
Received 18 Dec 2017Kilree Red Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9QE
Received 18 Dec 2017Kilree Red Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9QE
Received 18 Dec 2017Kilree Red Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9QE
Received 18 Dec 2017Kilree Red Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9QE
Received 18 Dec 20179 Alfan Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7HB
Received 15 Jan 201822 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HE
Received 16 Jan 2018Nevada Hook Green Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7AJ
Received 16 Jan 2018North Side Of Clement Street Opp North View Cottages Swanley Kent
Received 16 Jan 2018Fairfield Pool Lowfield Street Dartford DA1 1JB
Received 16 Jan 2018Block Of 27 Lock-Up Garages Rear Of 33 & 35 Myrtle Road Oakfield Lane Dartford
Received 16 Jan 20182 Brandon Road Dartford Kent DA1 1SD
Received 17 Jan 2018Land Adjacent Brooklands Lake Powder Mill Lane Wilmington Kent
Received 17 Jan 2018Sainsbury's/Priory Centre Car Park Instone Road Dartford Kent
Received 17 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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