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.
6,835 approved · 1,054 refused · 385 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Sept 2014 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former Mabledon Hospital Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent
Received 8 Apr 2019Former Mabledon Hospital Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent
Received 8 Apr 2019Alkerden Farm Alkerden Lane Swanscombe Kent DA9 9LR
Received 9 Apr 2019Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 10 Apr 20194 Longfield Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7LF
Received 10 Apr 2019Europa Albion Road Dartford Kent DA1 5PZ
Received 11 Apr 2019Beefs & Babes Gymnasium 217 London Road Stone Kent DA9 9DQ
Received 11 Apr 2019165 Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent DA2 7PD
Received 11 Apr 20196 Water Mill Way Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9BB
Received 11 Apr 2019208 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HA
Received 11 Apr 2019Brydow 24A Hedge Place Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9JZ
Received 12 Apr 20192 Hillbrow Close Bexley Kent DA5 2HF
Received 12 Apr 201929 Harold Road Hawley Kent DA2 7SA
Received 12 Apr 201926 Castleridge Drive Greenhithe Kent DA9 9WT
Received 12 Apr 201963 Leyton Cross Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7AN
Received 12 Apr 2019100 The Brent Dartford Kent DA1 1YW
Received 12 Apr 2019Wilmington Academy Common Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7DR
Received 12 Apr 201938 Briar Road Bexley Kent DA5 2HN
Received 12 Apr 201979 Shepherds Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2PA
Received 15 Apr 20191 Cowdrey Court Dartford Kent DA1 2PL
Received 15 Apr 201949 Hardy Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 2FE
Received 15 Apr 201996 Brent Lane Dartford Kent DA1 1QX
Received 15 Apr 201918 Devon Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9AB
Received 15 Apr 2019Former Mabledon Hopsital Site Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent
Received 16 Apr 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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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