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.
6,290 approved · 979 refused · 355 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Sept 2014 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
236 Shepherds Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2PW
Received 12 Jun 201819 Festival Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HR
Received 12 Jun 201880 Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HE
Received 12 Jun 2018Land Adjacent The Lodges (now Gantry Place) Cotton Lane Stone Kent
Received 13 Jun 201815 Pilgrims Way Dartford Kent DA1 1QZ
Received 13 Jun 2018Ivy House Highcross Road Southfleet DA13 9PH
Received 13 Jun 2018The Mount Cottage Barn End Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7PP
Received 14 Jun 201816 Cowley Avenue Stone Kent DA9 9PJ
Received 14 Jun 201828 Shepherds Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2NU
Received 14 Jun 2018Knockhall Academy Eynsford Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9RF
Received 14 Jun 20181 Manor Gate Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7EW
Received 14 Jun 2018Stonehill Farm Stonehill Green Wilmington Kent DA2 7HJ
Received 15 Jun 2018Stonehill Farm Stonehill Green Wilmington Kent DA2 7HJ
Received 15 Jun 20183 St Clements Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9FG
Received 15 Jun 2018Ivy House Highcross Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9PH
Received 13 Jun 2018Ivy House Highcross Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9PH
Received 13 Jun 201811 Summerhill Road Dartford Kent DA1 2LP
Received 18 Jun 201833 Knockhall Chase Greenhithe Kent DA9 9EW
Received 18 Jun 2018110-112 London Road Stone Kent DA2 6BP
Received 18 Jun 201818 Williams Way Dartford Kent DA2 7WF
Received 18 Jun 2018Grove Road And Old Northfleet Draft Masterplan
Received 15 Jun 2018Mounts Cottage Mounts Court Mounts Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9LX
Received 19 Jun 2018144 Watling Street Stone Kent DA2 6AF
Received 20 Jun 201858 - 60 Colney Road Dartford Kent DA1 1UH
Received 20 Jun 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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