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.
7,150 approved · 1,093 refused · 396 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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.
160A Main Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HP
Received 19 Jun 202057 Wentworth Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3NQ
Received 23 Jun 20209 Lawford Gardens Dartford Kent DA1 3AL
Received 23 Jun 2020576 Princes Road Dartford Kent DA2 6NG
Received 24 Jun 2020Joydens Wood County Primary Junior School Birchwood Drive Wilmington Kent DA2 7NE
Received 24 Jun 202055 Red Lodge Road Bexley Kent DA5 2JP
Received 25 Jun 2020Maxmor House Sandpit Road Dartford Kent DA1 5BU
Received 25 Jun 20201 Church Field Wilmington Kent DA2 7EJ
Received 25 Jun 202032 Dykewood Close Bexley Kent DA5 2JN
Received 25 Jun 20203 Cedar Road Dartford Kent DA1 2SF
Received 25 Jun 202020 Chalet Close Bexley Kent DA5 2EY
Received 26 Jun 2020Phase 1 & 2 St Clements Valley
Received 26 Jun 202018 Deerhurst Close Longfield Kent DA3 7LL
Received 26 Jun 2020Grass Verge Old Bexley Lane Bexley Kent
Received 26 Jun 2020Grass Verge At Lane End Darenth Kent
Received 26 Jun 202068 Stonehill Woods Park Old London Road Upper Ruxley Sidcup Kent DA14 5FB
Received 29 Jun 202065 Stonehill Woods Park Old London Road Upper Ruxley Sidcup Kent DA14 5FB
Received 29 Jun 202035 Stonehill Woods Park Old London Road Upper Ruxley Sidcup Kent DA14 5AS
Received 29 Jun 20204 Acworth Place Dartford Road Dartford Kent DA1 3EU
Received 29 Jun 202034 Tennyson Road Dartford Kent DA1 5DJ
Received 29 Jun 2020Tudor Court Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA1 1QF
Received 29 Jun 202050 Foxwood Way Longfield Kent DA3 7LD
Received 29 Jun 202036 Stonehill Woods Park Old London Road Upper Ruxley Sidcup Kent DA14 5AS
Received 29 Jun 202030 The Brent Dartford Kent DA1 1YN
Received 29 Jun 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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