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.
6,314 approved · 983 refused · 355 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Rutland Close Dartford Kent DA1 2ND
Received 30 Jul 2018139 East Hill Dartford Kent DA1 1SW
Received 30 Jul 2018Land At Drudgeon Farm School Lane Bean Kent DA2 8AP
Received 30 Jul 2018The Royal Oak School Lane Bean Kent DA2 8AL
Received 30 Jul 2018114 Phoenix Court Black Eagle Drive Northfleet Kent DA11 9AZ
Received 25 Jul 201825 Chave Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7ED
Received 30 Jul 201838 Clarendon Gardens Dartford Kent DA2 6EZ
Received 31 Jul 2018Heritage Quarter Gravesend Kent
Received 30 Jul 2018Waitrose Supermarket 63 Station Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QA
Received 31 Jul 2018Elmstone Betsham Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9PD
Received 31 Jul 201855 Eden Road Bexley Kent DA5 2EQ
Received 31 Jul 2018Northfleet West Sub Station Southfleet Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 31 Jul 201839 Henderson Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5LF
Received 31 Jul 2018Rear Of 56 To 58 Spital Street Dartford Kent DA1 2DU
Received 31 Jul 2018Eebs Stables Trollingdown Hill Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA2 6NR
Received 1 Aug 2018Land East Of Lowfield Street Dartford Kent
Received 1 Aug 201833 Bath Road Dartford Kent DA1 3DL
Received 1 Aug 2018Dartford Primary Academy (Juniors) York Road Dartford Kent DA1 1SQ
Received 27 Jul 2018Dartford Primary Academy (Juniors) York Road Dartford Kent DA1 1SQ
Received 27 Jul 201822 Brent Lane Dartford Kent DA1 1QW
Received 2 Aug 201828 Gerdview Drive Wilmington Kent DA2 7BS
Received 2 Aug 2018Lads Of The Village Elizabeth Street Stone Greenhithe Kent DA9 9AT
Received 2 Aug 2018Lads Of The Village Elizabeth Street Stone Greenhithe Kent DA9 9AT
Received 2 Aug 2018Northfleet West Sub Station Southfleet Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 1 Aug 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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