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.
6,793 approved · 1,051 refused · 382 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sutton House Hawley Road Hawley DA1 1PX
Received 18 Feb 201912 Sterndale Road Dartford Kent DA1 1QR
Received 18 Feb 201912 Sterndale Road Dartford Kent DA1 1QR
Received 18 Feb 20191 St Ronans View Dartford Kent DA1 1QD
Received 18 Feb 2019Rosedale Red Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9QE
Received 18 Feb 2019169 Princes Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HP
Received 18 Feb 201919 Keyes Road Dartford Kent DA1 5EW
Received 18 Feb 2019Wilmington Grammar School For Girls Parsons Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7BB
Received 15 Feb 2019Darenth Primary School Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA2 8DH
Received 14 Feb 2019Land Adjacent 101 Beacon Drive Bean Kent
Received 14 Feb 2019Outside Dartford Heath Retail Park Heath Lane Dartford Kent
Received 14 Feb 2019Selwyn Hawley Road Hawley Kent DA1 1PU
Received 15 Feb 2019100 Gore Road Darenth Kent DA2 6LY
Received 18 Feb 2019The Bridge Plot 4 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent
Received 13 Feb 2019The Bridge Plot 4 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent
Received 13 Feb 2019Dartford Football Club Stadium Princes Park Grassbanks Dartford Kent DA1 1RT
Received 18 Feb 201939 Chatsworth Road Dartford Kent DA1 5AT
Received 18 Feb 2019The Bridge Plot 4 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent
Received 13 Feb 2019The Bridge Plot 4 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent
Received 13 Feb 2019The Bridge Plot 4 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent
Received 13 Feb 2019The Bridge Plot 4 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent
Received 13 Feb 201916 The Close Wilmington Kent DA2 7ES
Received 18 Feb 201958 - 60 Colney Road Dartford Kent DA1 1UH
Received 19 Feb 2019Ballarat Garden Place Wilmington Kent DA2 7EP
Received 19 Feb 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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