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.
6,817 approved · 1,052 refused · 383 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Otterpool Park Land Bounded By The M20 And Channel Tunnel Railway Link (CTRL) To The North; The A20/Stone Street And Sandling Park To The East; Harringe Lane To The West; And Adlington Road To The South
Received 25 Mar 2019WHSmith 19 - 21 High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DT
Received 25 Mar 201949 Longmarsh View Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9DZ
Received 26 Mar 2019184 Watling Street Stone Kent DA2 6EN
Received 26 Mar 201911 Eden Close Bexley Kent DA5 2EH
Received 26 Mar 2019Rear Of 79 To 85 East Hill Dartford Kent DA1 1SN
Received 26 Mar 20197 Pilgrims Way Dartford Kent DA1 1QZ
Received 25 Mar 201955 Dunlop Close Dartford Kent DA1 5LY
Received 26 Mar 201940 Oakfield Park Road Wilmington Kent DA1 2ST
Received 27 Mar 2019Wilmington Academy Common Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7DR
Received 27 Mar 2019Outside 25-29 Capability Way Greenhithe Kent
Received 27 Mar 2019Land South Of St Marys Road Stone Kent
Received 28 Mar 201952 Joydens Wood Road Bexley Kent DA5 2HT
Received 28 Mar 201946 St Albans Road Dartford Kent DA1 1TE
Received 29 Mar 20198 Vimy Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5FJ
Received 29 Mar 2019Entrance To Monks Orchard Wilmington Kent
Received 29 Mar 201956 Knole Road Dartford Kent DA1 3JW
Received 29 Mar 201916 Sutherland Close Stone Kent DA9 9QJ
Received 1 Apr 201939 Barton Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EA
Received 1 Apr 201956 Knole Road Dartford Kent DA1 3JW
Received 1 Apr 2019Neptune Slipway Pier Road Greenhithe Kent
Received 29 Mar 20199 The Oaks Stone Dartford Kent DA2 6PF
Received 29 Mar 201922 Oakfield Park Road Wilmington Kent DA1 2ST
Received 29 Mar 2019Site 3 Manor Way Business Park Land Between Galley Hill Road And Manor Way Swanscombe Kent
Received 28 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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