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.
7,220 approved · 1,100 refused · 396 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Acacia Hall High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DJ
Received 21 Sept 2020The Barn Puddledock Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7QE
Received 21 Sept 202058 - 60 Colney Road Dartford Kent DA1 1UH
Received 21 Sept 20202A Pilgrims Way Dartford Kent DA1 1QA
Received 21 Sept 2020Littlebrook Power Station Phase 1 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5PT
Received 21 Sept 2020Masonic Hall 71 West Hill Dartford Kent DA1 2HJ
Received 22 Sept 2020121 Shepherds Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2PA
Received 22 Sept 202022 Park Lane Stone Kent DA9 9RZ
Received 22 Sept 20205 Ashen Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3LZ
Received 23 Sept 2020Sixpence Southfleet Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7JQ
Received 23 Sept 2020Gizem 18 Swanscombe Street Swanscombe Kent DA10 0BN
Received 24 Sept 202092 Morgan Drive Horns Cross Greenhithe Kent DA9 9DT
Received 22 Sept 202023 Wood Close Bexley Kent DA5 2HX
Received 23 Sept 2020114 - 130 Lower Hythe Street Dartford Kent
Received 24 Sept 202053 Main Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HQ
Received 24 Sept 2020Stone Lodge Complex Cotton Lane Stone Kent
Received 25 Sept 2020The Barrell Barn Northview Nursery Clement Street Swanley Kent BR8 7PQ
Received 25 Sept 202073 Stonehill Woods Park Old London Road Upper Ruxley Sidcup Kent DA14 5FB
Received 25 Sept 202059 North Road Dartford Kent DA1 3ND
Received 25 Sept 202037 Squires Way Wilmington Kent DA2 7NN
Received 25 Sept 2020The Sycamore 69 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HQ
Received 25 Sept 2020Stonepit 2 (London Road Access Only) St James Lane Horns Cross Greenhithe Kent
Received 25 Sept 202011 Ightham Close Longfield Kent DA3 7AW
Received 28 Sept 202027 Baldwyns Park Bexley Kent DA5 2BE
Received 16 Nov 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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