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.
6,928 approved · 1,066 refused · 390 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Highbank House Common Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7DB
Received 20 Nov 2019Stone Lodge Complex Cotton Lane Stone DA2 6PD
Received 21 Nov 2019Dartford International Ferry Terminal Clipper Boulevard Dartford Kent
Received 21 Nov 201948 Martin Drive Dartford Kent DA2 6BF
Received 21 Nov 2019Land Between 96 And 119 Ladywood Road Darenth Kent
Received 21 Nov 201951 Spurrell Avenue Bexley Kent DA5 2EX
Received 21 Nov 20197 New Barn Road Southfleet Kent DA3 7LQ
Received 21 Nov 2019Halo Site Albion Road Dartford Kent
Received 19 Nov 2019Dartford International Ferry Terminal Clipper Boulevard Dartford DA2 6QB
Received 21 Nov 2019Land Adjacent UTC Brunel Way Dartford Kent
Received 20 Nov 201913 Lawrence Hill Road Dartford Kent DA1 3AG
Received 21 Nov 20199 Woodlands Park Bexley Kent DA5 2EN
Received 22 Nov 201949 Shepherds Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2NL
Received 22 Nov 201965 Heath Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2QF
Received 22 Nov 201916 Fairlight Cross Longfield Kent DA3 7JD
Received 25 Nov 201949 Shepherds Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2NL
Received 25 Nov 201913 Chestnut Road Dartford Kent DA1 2LB
Received 25 Nov 201956 Martin Drive Dartford Kent DA2 6BF
Received 25 Nov 201922 Hall Road Dartford Kent DA1 5HB
Received 26 Nov 201987 Elm Road Dartford Kent DA1 2RX
Received 26 Nov 2019Former Littlebrook Power Station Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5PT
Received 26 Nov 2019127 Heath Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2TW
Received 26 Nov 201928 Wentworth Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3NG
Received 27 Nov 201933 Chastilian Road Dartford Kent DA1 3JP
Received 27 Nov 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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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