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.
6,839 approved · 1,055 refused · 385 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Snap Fitness Unit 1 Eagle House Eagle Way Northfleet Kent DA11 9BJ
Received 15 Apr 2019Pencroft Pencroft Drive Dartford Kent DA1 2PB
Received 16 Apr 2019Woodside Hook Green Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7AJ
Received 16 Apr 2019The Wharf Galleon Boulevard Crossways Business Park Dartford Kent DA2 6QE
Received 16 Apr 201911 Summerhill Road Dartford Kent DA1 2LP
Received 17 Apr 2019109 Cedar Drive Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EW
Received 17 Apr 2019Land Adjacent The Lodges (now Gantry Place) Cotton Lane Stone Kent
Received 17 Apr 20197A Alfred Road Hawley Kent DA2 7SQ
Received 17 Apr 2019Costa Coffee Unit 3 Eagle House Eagle Way Northfleet Kent DA11 9BJ
Received 17 Apr 201957 Alfred Road Hawley Kent DA2 7SG
Received 17 Apr 201935 Cranford Road Dartford Kent DA1 1JP
Received 18 Apr 2019Bedmond New Barn Road Longfield Kent DA3 7JF
Received 18 Apr 20191 Martin Drive Dartford Kent DA2 6BF
Received 18 Apr 2019Land South Of St Marys Road Stone Kent DA9 9AG
Received 18 Apr 2019105 Ladywood Road Darenth Kent DA2 7LW
Received 18 Apr 201925 Gainsborough Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 3AS
Received 23 Apr 2019Cricketers Lodge 52 Highcross Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9PH
Received 23 Apr 20194 Osterberg Road Dartford Kent DA1 5HE
Received 23 Apr 20197 Bedale Walk Dartford Kent DA2 6HS
Received 23 Apr 201932 Queens Gardens Dartford Kent DA2 6HY
Received 23 Apr 20197 Sandringham Drive Dartford Kent DA2 7WA
Received 23 Apr 201969 Charles Street Stone Kent DA9 9AN
Received 23 Apr 2019The Foresters 235 High Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7BU
Received 23 Apr 201946 Stanham Road Dartford Kent DA1 3AN
Received 24 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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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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