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.
6,760 approved · 1,048 refused · 379 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Sept 2014 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Eusemere Princes View Dartford Kent DA1 1RJ
Received 10 Dec 2018Land Adj The Lodges (now Gantry Place) Cotton Lane Stone Kent
Received 20 Dec 2018Land Adj The Lodges (now Gantry Place) Cotton Lane Stone Kent Kent
Received 20 Dec 2018Land Adj The Lodges (now Gantry Place) Cotton Lane Stone Kent
Received 20 Dec 2018Land Adj The Lodges (now Gantry Place) Cotton Lane Stone Kent
Received 20 Dec 2018Land Adj The Lodges (now Gantry Place) Cotton Lane Stone Kent
Received 20 Dec 2018Land Adj The Lodges (now Gantry Place) Cotton Lane Stone Kent
Received 20 Dec 201831 School Lane Bean Kent DA2 8AL
Received 31 Dec 201822 Bedford Road Dartford Kent DA1 1SR
Received 14 Dec 20187 Pilgrims Way Dartford Kent DA1 1QZ
Received 31 Dec 20181 Church Field Wilmington Kent DA2 7EJ
Received 31 Dec 201823 Gerdview Drive Wilmington Kent DA2 7BS
Received 2 Jan 2019Land South Of Coldharbour Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 2 Jan 20199 Waltham Close Dartford Kent DA1 3LT
Received 2 Jan 201971 Brent Lane Dartford Kent DA1 1QT
Received 2 Jan 201957 Joyce Green Lane Dartford Kent DA1 5HA
Received 3 Jan 201922 Sherbourne Close Dartford Kent DA1 5WQ
Received 3 Jan 2019Darmell Park Way Bexley Kent DA5 2JD
Received 3 Jan 201994 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HG
Received 3 Jan 2019Alkerden Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 3 Jan 2019Ashmere (Western Village) Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 3 Jan 2019Plot E10 Edisons Park Bridge Close Dartford Kent
Received 3 Jan 20198 Northview Cottages Clement Street Swanley Kent BR8 7PH
Received 4 Jan 20196 Orchard Terrace Cotton Lane Stone Kent DA9 9AX
Received 4 Jan 2019Records 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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