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.
6,811 approved · 1,052 refused · 383 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Chalet Close Bexley Kent DA5 2EY
Received 18 Mar 2019Bellevue Main Road Longfield Kent DA3 7PW
Received 18 Mar 201941 Sayer Close Stone Kent DA9 9PZ
Received 18 Mar 2019Unit A Lucknow House Havelock Drive Greenhithe Kent DA9 9XS
Received 18 Mar 20197 Gerdview Drive Wilmington Kent DA2 7BS
Received 18 Mar 20193 Priory Hill Dartford Kent DA1 2BD
Received 18 Mar 201921 Woodside Drive Wilmington Kent DA2 7NQ
Received 18 Mar 20199 Greenfield Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7PA
Received 15 Mar 2019Abbott Murex Site And Part Mill Pond Land To South Lower Hythe Street Dartford Kent DA1 1BN
Received 18 Mar 201932 Priory Hill Dartford Kent DA1 2BH
Received 18 Mar 201951 Windsor Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3HW
Received 18 Mar 2019Isfield Hook Green Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NQ
Received 18 Mar 2019Abbott Murex Site And Part Mill Pond Land To South Lower Hythe Street Dartford Kent DA1 1BN
Received 19 Mar 201963 West Hill Dartford Kent DA1 2HJ
Received 19 Mar 2019The Granary Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA2 8EA
Received 19 Mar 2019Yard C5 Manor Way Business Park Manor Way Swanscombe Kent
Received 18 Mar 20194 Turnstone Longfield Kent DA3 7NR
Received 19 Mar 2019Barn At Northend Farm Park Corner Road Southfleet Kent
Received 19 Mar 20194 Chalet Close Bexley Kent DA5 2EY
Received 19 Mar 201911 Baldwyns Park Bexley Kent DA5 2BE
Received 19 Mar 20196 Eleanor Close Dartford Kent DA1 5GQ
Received 19 Mar 20191 Brentfield Road Dartford Kent DA1 1YJ
Received 19 Mar 2019Rear Of 73 & 74 Priory Road Dartford Kent
Received 18 Mar 201979 Shepherds Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2PA
Received 20 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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