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.
7,111 approved · 1,088 refused · 395 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
199 Station Road Crayford 1Kent DA1 3QF
Received 30 Apr 202033 Littlebrook Manor Way Dartford Kent DA1 5DX
Received 30 Apr 20205 Moore Close Darenth Kent DA2 6NN
Received 29 Apr 2020Land South Of St Marys Road Stone Kent
Received 30 Apr 202037 Birchwood Drive Wilmington Kent DA2 7NF
Received 30 Apr 2020Area Of Service Yard 10 The Village (Adjacent To Red Car Park) Bluewater Shopping Centre
Received 30 Apr 2020River Mill Primary School Central Road Dartford Kent DA1 5XR
Received 30 Apr 2020UCC Coffee Riverside Way Dartford Kent DA1 5BS
Received 1 May 2020Land Between 14 And 53 Maritime Close Greenhithe Kent
Received 4 May 2020197 Station Road Crayford Kent DA1 3QF
Received 4 May 20202 Fairlight Cross Longfield Kent DA3 7JD
Received 4 May 2020Former Barbers 123 Milton Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0LS
Received 1 May 202039 James Road Dartford Kent DA1 3NE
Received 4 May 2020Prospect Place Shellbank Lane Bean DA2 8AX
Received 4 May 20204 Havelock Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HX
Received 5 May 2020Prospect Place Shellbank Lane Bean Kent DA2 8AX
Received 4 May 2020Prospect Place Shellbank Lane Bean Kent DA2 8AX
Received 4 May 2020Prospect Place Shellbank Lane Bean Kent DA2 8AX
Received 4 May 202046 Balmoral Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EY
Received 6 May 202065 Cedar Road Dartford Kent DA1 2RS
Received 6 May 2020Greenways 1A Faesten Way Bexley Kent DA5 2JB
Received 6 May 202061 Woodlands Park Bexley Kent DA5 2EN
Received 6 May 202071A Park Road Dartford Kent DA1 1ST
Received 7 May 2020The George And Dragon London Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0LQ
Received 6 May 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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