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.
6,344 approved · 987 refused · 355 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Abbey Drive Dartford Kent DA2 7WP
Received 18 Sept 2018McDonalds Restaurant 40 Priory Centre Dartford Kent DA1 2HR
Received 19 Sept 201824 Brackendene Wilmington Kent DA2 7NB
Received 19 Sept 2018211 Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent DA2 7PH
Received 19 Sept 2018Former Fox And Hounds Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent
Received 17 Sept 201830 Waterstone Way Stone Kent DA9 9TU
Received 18 Sept 2018157 High Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7DP
Received 19 Sept 2018157 High Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7DP
Received 19 Sept 201843 Brentfield Road Dartford Kent DA1 1YJ
Received 19 Sept 201828 Spital Street Dartford Kent DA1 2DL
Received 20 Sept 201810 Orchard Terrace Cotton Lane Stone Kent DA9 9AX
Received 20 Sept 201816 The Chenies Wilmington Kent DA2 7NP
Received 20 Sept 201813 Barton Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EA
Received 20 Sept 2018Hazelwood Rowhill Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7QQ
Received 20 Sept 2018194 St Vincents Road Dartford Kent DA1 1UX
Received 20 Sept 2018Unit 1 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5FD
Received 21 Sept 2018Kingsley Cross Road Hawley Kent DA2 7RS
Received 21 Sept 20183 Chatsworth Road Dartford Kent DA1 5AT
Received 21 Sept 2018Arrow Riding Centre For The Disabled Darenth Park Avenue Darenth Kent DA2 6LZ
Received 21 Sept 201828 Spital Street Dartford Kent DA1 2DL
Received 20 Sept 2018The Ship Red Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9NS
Received 21 Sept 2018Hazelwood Rowhill Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7QQ
Received 20 Sept 2018Joyce Green Quarry Joyce Green Lane Dartford Kent
Received 21 Sept 201820 Station Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QD
Received 24 Sept 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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