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.
7,377 approved · 1,116 refused · 408 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Sept 2014 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Weird Wood Longfield Kent DA3 7HT
Received 15 Dec 20204 Weird Wood Longfield Kent DA3 7HT
Received 15 Dec 2020Adjacent 51 Larch Road Dartford Kent DA1 2LF
Received 16 Dec 202084 Brent Lane Dartford Kent DA1 1QS
Received 16 Dec 20201 Hook Green Farm Hook Green Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7AL
Received 16 Dec 202032 Shiers Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 5FQ
Received 16 Dec 202014 Lodge Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 3DX
Received 17 Dec 2020Junction Joyce Green Lane/Bob Dunn Way Dartford Kent
Received 17 Dec 2020Greenhithe Dental Care The Avenue Greenhithe Kent DA9 9NX
Received 17 Dec 202014 High Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7BN
Received 18 Dec 2020104 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HG
Received 18 Dec 202033 Keith Avenue Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HH
Received 18 Dec 202033 Keith Avenue Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HH
Received 18 Dec 202032 Hedge Place Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9LH
Received 21 Dec 202010 Teesdale Road Dartford Kent DA2 6LJ
Received 21 Dec 202035 Faesten Way Bexley Kent DA5 2JB
Received 22 Dec 20201 Western Terrace Dartford Kent DA1 3AY
Received 22 Dec 202036 Heath End Road Bexley Kent DA5 2AH
Received 22 Dec 202032 Hedge Place Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9LH
Received 22 Dec 202045 Harold Road Hawley Kent DA2 7SA
Received 22 Dec 202045 Harold Road Hawley Kent DA2 7SA
Received 22 Dec 2020Parking Area Rear Of 25 And 27 Sinclair Way Darenth Kent
Received 22 Dec 2020Littlebrook Power Station Phase 2 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5PT
Received 22 Dec 2020Stone Lodge Development Complex Cotton Lane Stone Kent
Received 22 Dec 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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