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.
6,800 approved · 1,052 refused · 383 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
47 James Road Dartford Kent DA1 3NE
Received 4 Mar 2019The Boulevard Greenhithe Kent
Received 4 Mar 201984 Brent Lane Dartford Kent DA1 1QS
Received 4 Mar 201944 Windsor Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3HN
Received 4 Mar 20196 Greenways Longfield Kent DA3 7HL
Received 4 Mar 2019Gas Compound Rowhill Road Wilmington Kent
Received 5 Mar 2019Land Adjacent 2 St Marys Road Stone Kent DA9 9AS
Received 5 Mar 2019Littlebrook Power Station Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5PT
Received 6 Mar 20192 Valley Cottages Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA2 8DJ
Received 6 Mar 201981 Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent DA5 2EF
Received 28 Feb 201964 Priory Road Dartford Kent DA1 2BS
Received 6 Mar 201929 Robinson Way Northfleet Kent DA11 9AB
Received 6 Mar 201915 Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HS
Received 6 Mar 20192 St Marys Road Stone Kent DA9 9AS
Received 5 Mar 20192 St Marys Road Stone Kent DA9 9AS
Received 5 Mar 201936 Cedar Drive Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EN
Received 6 Mar 2019Land North Of Hedge Place Road Greenhithe Kent
Received 7 Mar 2019Darent Valley Hospital Darenth Wood Road Darenth Kent DA2 8DA
Received 7 Mar 2019Adjacent 21 Calcroft Avenue Greenhithe Kent
Received 8 Mar 201938 West View Road Dartford Kent DA1 1TR
Received 11 Mar 201922 Balmoral Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EY
Received 11 Mar 20193 Vaughan Close Dartford Kent DA1 2JD
Received 11 Mar 20193 Hook Place Cottages Hook Green Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NL
Received 11 Mar 201969 Ladywood Road Darenth Kent DA2 7LW
Received 11 Mar 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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