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.
6,883 approved · 1,062 refused · 390 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Chalet Close Bexley Kent DA5 2EY
Received 29 Jul 20192 Landale Gardens Dartford Kent DA1 2QB
Received 29 Jul 2019Stone Lodge Complex Cotton Lane Stone Kent
Received 29 Jul 2019Rear Of Wilmington Place 165 - 173 Hawley Road Dartford Kent
Received 29 Jul 201910 Longmarsh View Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9DY
Received 30 Jul 201938 Liverymen Walk Greenhithe Kent DA9 9GZ
Received 29 Jul 2019Unit 23A Fawkes Avenue Questor Wilmington Kent DA1 1JQ
Received 30 Jul 201918 Fleet Avenue Dartford Kent DA2 6NL
Received 30 Jul 2019Int Lakeside West Thurrock Way West Thurrock Thurrock Essex
Received 30 Jul 2019Land Rear Of 37-41 Brentfield Road Dartford Kent
Received 30 Jul 20191 Riverview Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9NJ
Received 31 Jul 2019Rear Of 94 - 96 East Hill Dartford Kent DA1 1RZ
Received 31 Jul 20195 Arethusa Place High Street Greenhithe Kent DA9 9NZ
Received 31 Jul 201957 Leyton Cross Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7AN
Received 31 Jul 2019Land Opposite 4 St Marys Road Stone Kent
Received 31 Jul 2019Jacksons Little Hawklands Clement Street Swanley BR8 7PF
Received 31 Jul 2019Colorcon Limited Unit 6 Capstan Court Crossways Business Park Dartford Kent DA2 6QG
Received 31 Jul 20197 Hill Rise Darenth Kent DA2 7HX
Received 1 Aug 2019Stone Lodge Complex Cotton Lane Stone Kent
Received 29 Jul 2019Northfleet West Sub Station Southfleet Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 1 Aug 201948 Hallford Way Dartford Kent DA1 3AE
Received 1 Aug 2019Acacia Hall High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DJ
Received 21 Mar 2019Eusemere Princes View Dartford Kent DA1 1RJ
Received 1 Aug 201970 Stonewood Bean Kent DA2 8BY
Received 2 Aug 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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