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.
7,015 approved · 1,076 refused · 393 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 1 Clipper Boulevard Dartford Kent DA2 6QB
Received 3 Mar 2020Land At Victory Way Crossways Business Park Dartford Kent DA2 6DT
Received 3 Mar 202057 Oakes Crescent Dartford Kent DA1 5UF
Received 3 Mar 2020Chapter Farm Red Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9QH
Received 3 Mar 20208 Turner Court Dartford Kent DA1 3BF
Received 4 Mar 202030 Havelock Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HX
Received 4 Mar 20205 Sanderling Way Stone Kent DA9 9RQ
Received 4 Mar 2020142 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HG
Received 5 Mar 2020106 Bennett Way Darenth Kent DA2 7JU
Received 5 Mar 2020Rancher Crayburne Southfleet Kent DA13 9PB
Received 5 Mar 2020105 Hill Rise Darenth Kent DA2 7HX
Received 4 Mar 202054 West Hill Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3DU
Received 5 Mar 202034 Stonewood Bean Kent DA2 8BY
Received 6 Mar 2020The Bridge Plots 32 & 33 Marsh Street North Dartford Kent
Received 5 Mar 2020The Bridge Plot 34 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent
Received 5 Mar 2020Land Adjacent The Lodges (Gantry Place) Cotton Lane Stone Kent
Received 6 Mar 2020Scadbury Farm New Barn Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NT
Received 6 Mar 2020114 Ashen Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3LX
Received 9 Mar 2020191 Shepherds Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2PS
Received 9 Mar 202076 Lonsdale Crescent Darenth Kent DA2 6LG
Received 9 Mar 2020Instone House Instone Road Dartford DA1 2AG
Received 9 Mar 20201 Darenth Park Avenue Darenth Kent DA2 6JN
Received 10 Mar 2020Greenfield Red Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9QJ
Received 10 Mar 2020The Bungalow Creswick Dartford Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HY
Received 10 Mar 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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