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.
7,621 approved · 1,140 refused · 423 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rosewood 28 Bean Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9JB
Received 26 Feb 2021Amazon Unit 1 Powerhouse Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5XU
Received 26 Feb 2021Office Suites Cliffside Court West Hill Dartford Kent
Received 1 Mar 202128 Heathview Crescent Dartford Kent DA1 2PJ
Received 1 Mar 202129 Woodlands Park Bexley Kent DA5 2EN
Received 1 Mar 202121 Barker Fields Southfleet Kent DA13 9AL
Received 1 Mar 2021Woodside Hook Green Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7AJ
Received 1 Mar 2021320 Princes Road Dartford Kent DA1 2PX
Received 1 Mar 2021The Orchard Mounts Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9ND
Received 1 Mar 2021Land Adjacent The Lodges (Gantry Place) Cotton Lane Stone Kent
Received 1 Mar 2021Hispec Motorsports Ltd 7 - 8 Parker Industrial Centre 275 - 289 Watling Street Dartford Kent DA2 6EP
Received 1 Mar 202112 Bullivant Close Stone Kent DA9 9PB
Received 1 Mar 2021The Limes Hook Green Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NQ
Received 2 Mar 20212 Gladstone Cottages Red Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9QF
Received 2 Mar 2021McDonalds Restaurant Bean Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9HY
Received 2 Mar 2021St Margarets Farm St Margarets Road Darenth Kent DA4 9LB
Received 1 Mar 2021Alkerden Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 2 Mar 2021Stone Lodge School Cotton Lane Stone Kent DA2 6PD
Received 2 Mar 202160 Knockhall Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9HF
Received 2 Mar 202170 Gordon Road Dartford Kent DA1 2LQ
Received 1 Mar 202110 Greenfinches Longfield Kent DA3 7ND
Received 2 Mar 2021Robily Dartford Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HY
Received 2 Mar 202114 - 18 Lowfield Street/24 Market Street Dartford Kent
Received 3 Mar 2021Adjacent 68 Hardy Avenue Dartford Kent
Received 2 Mar 2021Records 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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