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.
6,145 approved · 952 refused · 348 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Oct 2014 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 Evans Close Stone Kent DA9 9PG
Received 6 Feb 20183 Queens Gardens Dartford Kent DA2 6HZ
Received 7 Feb 201861 Longmarsh View Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9DZ
Received 6 Feb 2018Land South Of Coleridge Road And Land East Of Shaftsbury Lane Dartford Kent
Received 2 Feb 20181 Manor Close Wilmington Kent DA2 7AR
Received 8 Feb 201863 Ames Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0JE
Received 8 Feb 20187 London Road Stone Kent DA2 6DL
Received 8 Feb 20184 North Riding Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HS
Received 8 Feb 201845 Norman Road Dartford Kent DA1 1LE
Received 9 Feb 2018Former Fox And Hounds Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent
Received 6 Feb 2018Former Fox And Hounds Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent
Received 6 Feb 2018Former Fox And Hounds Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent
Received 6 Feb 2018Willow Court 31B Devon Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9AA
Received 9 Feb 20189 Thames Gate St Edmunds Road Dartford Kent DA1 5ND
Received 9 Feb 201815 Heather Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3LF
Received 12 Feb 201828 Lunedale Road Dartford Kent DA2 6LN
Received 12 Feb 2018Land At Hook Place Farm Hook Green Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NH
Received 12 Feb 2018Acacia Hall High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DJ
Received 12 Feb 20188 Brent Way Dartford Kent DA2 6DA
Received 12 Feb 201825 Swaisland Road Dartford Kent DA1 3BX
Received 13 Feb 201859 Norfield Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7NY
Received 13 Feb 201839 West Hill Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3DU
Received 13 Feb 2018Land At Trafalgar Road Wilmington Kent
Received 14 Feb 201821 Morris Gardens Dartford Kent DA1 5DB
Received 14 Feb 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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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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