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.
6,302 approved · 982 refused · 355 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Northern Gateway North Central Road Dartford Kent
Received 6 Jul 2018Northern Gateway North Central Road Dartford Kent
Received 6 Jul 201815 Fernheath Way Wilmington Kent DA2 7PE
Received 9 Jul 201814 Lightermans Way Greenhithe Kent DA9 9FN
Received 10 Jul 2018St Albans Church Hall St Albans Road Dartford Kent DA1 1TY
Received 10 Jul 2018Bexley Sports And Social Club Calvert Drive Dartford DA2 7GA
Received 11 Jul 201827 Heather Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3LF
Received 11 Jul 201819 Clarendon Gardens Dartford Kent DA2 6EY
Received 11 Jul 201828 Sandringham Drive Dartford Kent DA2 7WB
Received 11 Jul 2018The Nursery Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA2 8DP
Received 11 Jul 2018The Nursery Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA2 8DP
Received 11 Jul 2018West View Southfleet Road Bean Kent DA2 8BS
Received 11 Jul 20182 Woodside Cottages Darenth Wood Road Darenth Kent DA2 8AB
Received 12 Jul 201826 Sandringham Drive Dartford Kent DA2 7WB
Received 12 Jul 2018Greenwood Park Darenth Road Dartford Kent DA1 1LY
Received 12 Jul 2018Greenwood Park Darenth Road Dartford Kent DA1 1LY
Received 11 Jul 20185 Hawley Vale Hawley Road Hawley Kent DA2 7RL
Received 12 Jul 201881 Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent DA5 2EF
Received 12 Jul 201811 St Ronans View Dartford Kent DA1 1QD
Received 16 Jul 2018105 Chastilian Road Dartford Kent DA1 3LN
Received 16 Jul 201817 Heathwood Walk Bexley Kent DA5 2BP
Received 16 Jul 2018213 Shepherds Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2PT
Received 16 Jul 2018Stone Lodge Complex Cotton Lane Stone Kent
Received 16 Jul 201815 Watermans Way Greenhithe Kent DA9 9GJ
Received 17 Jul 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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