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.
6,974 approved · 1,072 refused · 392 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Sept 2014 to 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22 Festival Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HR
Received 10 Feb 2020Winterbrook Oakfield Lane Wilmington Kent DA1 2TE
Received 10 Feb 2020Three Oaks Southfleet Road Bean Kent DA2 8BS
Received 10 Feb 202040 Trebble Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0EB
Received 10 Feb 2020Glow Plaza Bluewater Greenhithe Kent DA9 9SR
Received 10 Feb 202018 Fleet Avenue Dartford Kent DA2 6NL
Received 11 Feb 202022 Balmoral Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EY
Received 11 Feb 2020Freegrove Red Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9QL
Received 11 Feb 2020Land At Fillbaskets Red Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9QE
Received 10 Feb 2020Land At Fillbaskets Red Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9QE
Received 10 Feb 2020Land At Fillbaskets Red Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9QE
Received 10 Feb 2020Land At Fillbaskets Red Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9QE
Received 10 Feb 2020Land At Fillbaskets Red Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9QE
Received 10 Feb 2020Land At Fillbaskets Red Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9QE
Received 10 Feb 2020Land At Fillbaskets Red Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9QE
Received 10 Feb 2020Land At Fillbaskets Red Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9QE
Received 10 Feb 2020Rannoch Red Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9QL
Received 11 Feb 202098 Main Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HL
Received 11 Feb 2020Land At Fillbaskets Red Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9QE
Received 11 Feb 202037 Havelock Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HY
Received 11 Feb 202012 Steele Avenue Greenhithe Kent DA9 9PH
Received 11 Feb 2020Land At Dartford International Ferry Terminal Clipper Boulevard Dartford
Received 11 Feb 202068 Stonehill Woods Park Old London Road Upper Ruxley Sidcup Kent DA14 5FB
Received 11 Feb 202067 Stonehill Woods Park Old London Road Upper Ruxley Sidcup Kent DA14 5FB
Received 11 Feb 2020Records 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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