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.
7,127 approved · 1,091 refused · 396 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
16 Turner Road Bean Kent DA2 8BA
Received 15 May 202047 Shepherds Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2NL
Received 14 May 2020Lads Of The Village Elizabeth Street Stone Greenhithe Kent DA9 9AT
Received 14 May 2020Acacia Hall High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DJ
Received 4 Jun 20192 Elham Crescent Dartford Kent DA2 6FA
Received 18 May 2020Heatherbank Rowhill Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7QQ
Received 18 May 2020Stone Lodge Complex Cotton Lane Stone Kent
Received 18 May 202042 Barton Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EA
Received 18 May 20208 Foxwood Way Longfield Kent DA3 7LD
Received 15 May 20208 Foxwood Way Longfield Kent DA3 7LD
Received 15 May 202019 Fawkham Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QP
Received 15 May 2020104 Lower Hythe Street Dartford Kent DA1 1BW
Received 18 May 202037 Birchwood Drive Wilmington Kent DA2 7NF
Received 19 May 2020McDonalds 476 Princes Road Dartford Kent DA1 1YT
Received 19 May 2020Stone Lodge Development Complex Cotton Lane Stone Kent
Received 19 May 2020The Bridge Adjacent To South Lake Ellingham View And Fastrack Road Dartford
Received 19 May 2020Colt Lodge 9 New Barn Road Southfleet Kent DA3 7LQ
Received 19 May 202069 Water Mill Way Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9BE
Received 19 May 2020146 Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent DA5 2EU
Received 19 May 2020Swanscombe Peninsular
Received 19 May 202058 Fairlight Cross Longfield Kent DA3 7JD
Received 20 May 2020Stone Lodge Development Complex Cotton Lane Stone Kent
Received 19 May 2020Stone Lodge Development Complex Cotton Lane Stone Kent
Received 19 May 2020Land At Dartford International Ferry Terminal Clipper Boulevard Dartford
Received 20 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
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.
Check collection coverage