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.
6,908 approved · 1,066 refused · 390 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land North Of St Marys Road Stone Kent
Received 7 Oct 201914 The Close Wilmington Kent DA2 7ES
Received 8 Oct 201957 Oakes Crescent Dartford Kent DA1 5UF
Received 8 Oct 2019Northern Gateway Footbridge Central Road Dartford Kent
Received 8 Oct 20197 Sandringham Drive Dartford Kent DA2 7WA
Received 9 Oct 2019Site Of West Hill Care Home Constance Grove Dartford Kent DA1 2GA
Received 9 Oct 201911 Baldwyns Park Bexley Kent DA5 2BE
Received 9 Oct 2019226 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HA
Received 9 Oct 2019Mercedes-Benz Unit 1 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5FD
Received 9 Oct 2019Plot 36 The Bridge Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5FD
Received 10 Oct 2019Former Central Park Nursery Central Park Cranford Road Dartford DA1 1JP
Received 10 Oct 201945 Raeburn Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 3BQ
Received 10 Oct 2019Land Rear Of Barton Road Sutton At Hone DA4 9EA
Received 10 Oct 2019Dartford Clay Shooting Club Joyce Green Farm Joyce Green Lane Dartford Kent DA1 5PN
Received 10 Oct 2019112 Brent Lane Dartford Kent DA1 1QX
Received 10 Oct 20192A Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent DA5 2HL
Received 11 Oct 2019199 Station Road Crayford Kent DA1 3QF
Received 11 Oct 201929 Abbey Drive Dartford Kent DA2 7WP
Received 14 Oct 2019Pentactin Main Road Longfield Kent DA3 7AG
Received 14 Oct 201910 Mannock Road Dartford Kent DA1 5QT
Received 14 Oct 2019102 The Brent Dartford Kent DA1 1YW
Received 14 Oct 20192 Landale Gardens Dartford Kent DA1 2QB
Received 14 Oct 201943 Hardy Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 2FE
Received 15 Oct 20195 Water Mill Way Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9BB
Received 15 Oct 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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