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.
8,646 approved · 1,281 refused · 459 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Oct 2012 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 3 Sept 2021Former Alfan Lane Full Gospel Church 1A Alfan Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7HB
Received 6 Sept 20211 Portman Close Bexley Kent DA5 2AQ
Received 6 Sept 202122 Sundridge Close Dartford Kent DA1 1XD
Received 6 Sept 202130 Hayes Road Horns Cross Kent DA9 9DW
Received 6 Sept 2021208 Watling Street Stone Kent DA2 6EW
Received 6 Sept 202153A Stonehill Woods Park Old London Road Upper Ruxley Sidcup Kent DA14 5AS
Received 2 Sept 202116A The Green Darenth Kent DA2 6JR
Received 3 Sept 202115 Darenth Park Avenue Darenth Kent DA2 6JN
Received 6 Sept 20213 Cross Road Hawley Kent DA2 7RR
Received 7 Sept 202132 Baldwyns Road Bexley Kent DA5 2AD
Received 7 Sept 202132 Baldwyns Road Bexley Kent DA5 2AD
Received 7 Sept 202157 Highfield Road Dartford Kent DA1 2JS
Received 7 Sept 202111 Harold Road Hawley Kent DA2 7SA
Received 7 Sept 2021Cleveland 29 Longfield Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7LE
Received 8 Sept 20212 Hope Cottages Bean Lane Bean Kent DA2 8AZ
Received 9 Sept 2021Littlebrook Power Station Phase 1 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5PT
Received 9 Sept 202153 Devonshire Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 3DN
Received 9 Sept 20216 Acworth Place Dartford Road Dartford Kent DA1 3EU
Received 8 Sept 2021Fastrack-Alkerden And Ashmere Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 9 Sept 202120 Fleet Road Dartford Kent DA2 6JE
Received 10 Sept 202126 Common Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7DF
Received 10 Sept 2021Hazelwood Rowhill Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7QQ
Received 10 Sept 20211 Pembroke Place Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HR
Received 10 Sept 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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