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.
6,351 approved · 988 refused · 356 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Coach House Rowhill Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7QQ
Received 1 Oct 201816 Fleet Road Dartford Kent DA2 6JE
Received 2 Oct 2018Playgound At The Green Darenth Kent
Received 4 Oct 2018Kwik Fit Euro London Road Stone Kent DA2 6AS
Received 4 Oct 2018Mill House Priory Road Dartford Kent
Received 4 Oct 2018Land At St Clements Way
Received 4 Oct 2018144 Knockhall Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9EY
Received 5 Oct 20181 Fleet Road Dartford Kent DA2 6JE
Received 5 Oct 201852 King Edward Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 2HY
Received 5 Oct 20181-12 Castalia Court McCudden Road Dartford Kent
Received 5 Oct 201812 Marcus Road Dartford Kent DA1 3JX
Received 5 Oct 201834 Anvil Terrace Dartford Kent DA2 7WR
Received 8 Oct 20188 The Oaks Stone Kent DA2 6PF
Received 8 Oct 20184 Keith Avenue Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HH
Received 8 Oct 2018Rowhill Stables Rowhill Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7QQ
Received 8 Oct 201829 Harrison Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7BA
Received 8 Oct 2018The Wharf Galleon Boulevard Crossways Business Park Dartford Kent DA2 6QE
Received 8 Oct 20182 Carleton Road Dartford Kent DA1 1SS
Received 8 Oct 2018Beechcare Residential Home Darenth Road Dartford Kent DA2 7QT
Received 8 Oct 20183 Main Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QT
Received 9 Oct 201894 Ellingham View Dartford Kent DA1 5SZ
Received 9 Oct 201840 Tredegar Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7AZ
Received 9 Oct 2018Unit A Langley Square Central Road Dartford Kent DA1 5FY
Received 9 Oct 201833 Brentfield Road Dartford Kent DA1 1YJ
Received 9 Oct 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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