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.
6,390 approved · 993 refused · 359 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 Ross Road Dartford Kent DA1 3NH
Received 28 Nov 201830 St Albans Road Dartford Kent DA1 1TE
Received 29 Nov 201873 Devon Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9AA
Received 29 Nov 2018Acacia Hall High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DJ
Received 29 Nov 2018Land East Of Lowfield Street Dartford Kent
Received 29 Nov 2018Acacia Hall High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DJ
Received 29 Nov 2018Acacia Hall High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DJ
Received 29 Nov 201881 Shepherds Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2PA
Received 30 Nov 2018Dartford Grammar School For Boys West Hill Dartford Kent DA1 2HW
Received 30 Nov 2018Arena Essex Arterial Road Purfleet Essex RM19 1AE
Received 29 Nov 2018Dartford Grammar School For Boys West Hill Dartford DA1 2HW
Received 30 Nov 2018Dartford Grammar School For Boys West Hill Dartford Kent DA1 2HW
Received 30 Nov 20183 Church Field Wilmington Kent DA2 7EJ
Received 30 Nov 201812 Carsington Gardens Wilmington Kent DA1 2SS
Received 3 Dec 2018185 Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent DA2 7PH
Received 3 Dec 2018Hawley Garden Centre Hawley Road Hawley Kent DA2 7RB
Received 3 Dec 2018Knoll Hill House 1 Common Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7DE
Received 3 Dec 2018123 Laburnum Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 2QW
Received 4 Dec 2018Former Greenhithe Clinic Knockhall Chase Greenhithe Kent DA9 9EN
Received 4 Dec 2018Adjacent 30 Maple Road Dartford Kent DA1 2QZ
Received 5 Dec 20187 Wentworth Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3NQ
Received 5 Dec 2018Greenacres Bow Arrow Lane Stone Kent
Received 5 Dec 20189 Turnstone Longfield Kent DA3 7NR
Received 5 Dec 201814 - 18 Lowfield Street/24 Market Street Dartford Kent
Received 5 Dec 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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