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.
6,292 approved · 979 refused · 355 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Bere Close Greenhithe Kent DA9 9XD
Received 21 Jun 2018Car Park Rear Of Two Brewers 33 Lowfield Street Dartford Kent
Received 21 Jun 201824 James Road Dartford Kent DA1 3NF
Received 21 Jun 2018Former 119 Main Road Sutton At Hone Kent
Received 21 Jun 2018Former 119 Main Road Sutton At Hone Kent
Received 21 Jun 2018Former 119 Main Road Sutton At Hone Kent
Received 21 Jun 2018Land At Arethusa Place High Street Greenhithe Kent
Received 22 Jun 2018Plot 2 Questor 11 Applegarth Drive Questor Wilmington Kent DA1 1JD
Received 25 Jun 2018Plot 3B Fawkes Avenue Questor Wilmington Kent
Received 25 Jun 2018Plot 2 Questor 11 Applegarth Drive Questor Wilmington Kent DA1 1JD
Received 25 Jun 2018Plot 3B Fawkes Avenue Questor Wilmington Kent
Received 25 Jun 201875 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HQ
Received 25 Jun 201892 Sandringham Drive Dartford Kent DA2 7WL
Received 25 Jun 201819 Vale Road Dartford Kent DA1 2TU
Received 25 Jun 20181 Harold Road Hawley Kent DA2 7SA
Received 25 Jun 2018Phase 2 Land At St Clements Apartment Blocks Only
Received 26 Jun 2018The Nursery Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA2 8DP
Received 26 Jun 2018158 Chastilian Road Dartford Kent DA1 3LQ
Received 26 Jun 201817 Lodge Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 3DX
Received 26 Jun 20189 Turnstone Longfield Kent DA3 7NR
Received 26 Jun 201827 Harrison Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7BA
Received 27 Jun 201830 Childs Crescent Swanscombe Kent DA10 0EA
Received 26 Jun 2018165 Trevithick Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5LL
Received 27 Jun 201817 King Edward Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 2HZ
Received 27 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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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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