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.
6,868 approved · 1,060 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
High View New Barn Road Southfleet Kent DA3 7LT
Received 13 Jun 201953 Main Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HQ
Received 13 Jun 2019Area Of Service Yard 10 The Village (Adjacent To Red Car Park) Bluewater Shopping Centre
Received 13 Jun 2019Phase 3B Land East Of Lowfield Street Dartford
Received 13 Jun 2019Knoll House Crayburne Southfleet Kent DA13 9PB
Received 13 Jun 201933 Chastilian Road Dartford Kent DA1 3JP
Received 14 Jun 2019Unit 3 Central Road North Dartford Kent DA1 5XA
Received 14 Jun 201930 James Road Dartford Kent DA1 3NF
Received 17 Jun 201942 Trebble Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0EB
Received 17 Jun 201920 Hall Road Dartford Kent DA1 5HB
Received 13 Jun 201923 Stonehill Woods Park Old London Road Upper Ruxley Sidcup Kent DA14 5AS
Received 13 Jun 201913 Barton Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EA
Received 17 Jun 2019UCC Coffee Riverside Way Dartford Kent DA1 5BS
Received 14 Jun 201931 Osterberg Road Dartford Kent DA1 5HF
Received 18 Jun 201931 Osterberg Road Dartford Kent DA1 5HF
Received 18 Jun 201924 Carlton Avenue Horns Cross Kent DA9 9DR
Received 18 Jun 201994 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HG
Received 18 Jun 2019High View New Barn Road Southfleet Kent DA3 7LT
Received 13 Jun 2019High View New Barn Road Southfleet Kent DA3 7LT
Received 13 Jun 201939 West Hill Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3DU
Received 17 Jun 2019Dartford Primary Academy (Juniors) York Road Dartford DA1 1SQ
Received 18 Jun 20194 The Oval Longfield Kent DA3 7HD
Received 18 Jun 2019St Michaels Church Church Hill Wilmington Kent DA2 7EH
Received 19 Jun 20193 Junction Road Dartford Kent DA1 2BA
Received 19 Jun 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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