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.
6,805 approved · 1,052 refused · 383 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Stone Pit 1 Cotton Lane Stone Kent
Received 8 Mar 2019Stone Pit 1 Cotton Lane Stone Kent
Received 8 Mar 2019Former Northfleet West Sub Station Southfleet Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 8 Mar 2019Phase 2C Former Northfleet West Sub Station Southfleet Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 11 Mar 201914 Heather Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3LE
Received 11 Mar 2019Rear Of 165 - 173 Hawley Road Dartford Kent DA1 1PB
Received 11 Mar 2019Rahan House 8 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HE
Received 12 Mar 201928 East Hill Dartford Kent DA1 1RZ
Received 11 Mar 20193 Firmin Road Dartford Kent DA1 3AR
Received 13 Mar 2019Clevis New Barn Road Longfield Kent DA3 7JE
Received 13 Mar 2019156 Shirehall Road Hawley Kent DA2 7SN
Received 13 Mar 2019Wilmington Grammar School For Girls Parsons Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7BB
Received 12 Mar 2019Adj 115 Milton Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0LS
Received 11 Mar 2019Adj 115 Milton Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0LS
Received 11 Mar 2019Former Northfleet West Sub Station Southfleet Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 13 Mar 201963 Red Lodge Road Bexley Kent DA5 2JP
Received 14 Mar 2019Knockhall Academy Eynsford Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9RF
Received 14 Mar 2019Adjacent 6 Rose Villas Watling Street Dartford Kent
Received 14 Mar 2019113 Elm Road Dartford Kent DA1 2SD
Received 14 Mar 201931 Baldwyns Park Bexley Kent DA5 2BE
Received 14 Mar 201957 James Road Dartford Kent DA1 3NE
Received 15 Mar 201913 Eskdale Close Darenth Kent DA2 6LA
Received 15 Mar 201963 Princes View Dartford Kent DA1 1RJ
Received 15 Mar 20191A North Road Dartford Kent DA1 3LS
Received 18 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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