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.
6,991 approved · 1,072 refused · 393 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Neptune Slipway Pier Road Greenhithe Kent
Received 17 Feb 2020Land At Dartford International Ferry Terminal Clipper Boulevard Dartford
Received 17 Feb 2020Land Adjacent 1 Court Hill Cottages Hook Green Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NG
Received 17 Feb 2020Land At The Western End Of St Marys Road Stone Kent
Received 17 Feb 20207 Argles Close Stone Kent DA9 9PA
Received 18 Feb 2020Land At Dartford International Ferry Terminal Clipper Boulevard Dartford DA2 6QN
Received 17 Feb 2020River Mill Primary School Central Road Dartford Kent DA1 5XR
Received 18 Feb 2020UCC Coffee Riverside Way Dartford Kent DA1 5BS
Received 18 Feb 2020Yew Tree Cottage Brakefield Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9PY
Received 19 Feb 202013 Kenwood Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7EX
Received 19 Feb 202030 Martin Drive Dartford Kent DA2 6BF
Received 19 Feb 20206 Williams Way Dartford Kent DA2 7WF
Received 19 Feb 2020River Mill Primary School Central Road Dartford Kent DA1 5XR
Received 18 Feb 2020Land Eastern End Of St Marys Road Stone Kent
Received 19 Feb 2020River Mill Primary School Central Road Dartford Kent DA1 5XR
Received 19 Feb 2020Darenth Fishing Complex Flats 1 And 2 Darenth Hill Darenth Kent DA2 7QY
Received 19 Feb 202021 The Laurels Longfield Kent DA3 7HH
Received 19 Feb 2020Scadbury Farm New Barn Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NT
Received 19 Feb 202056 Empire Walk Greenhithe Kent DA9 9FU
Received 19 Feb 20203 Curates Walk Wilmington Kent DA2 7BJ
Received 20 Feb 202019 Orchard Close Longfield Kent DA3 7JP
Received 20 Feb 202042 Knockhall Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9HJ
Received 20 Feb 202041 Brent Close Dartford Kent DA2 6DD
Received 20 Feb 202016 Marsden Gardens Dartford Kent DA1 5GF
Received 20 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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