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.
8,664 approved · 1,284 refused · 461 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Nov 2008 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Hawthorn Road Dartford Kent DA1 2SB
Received 10 Sept 2021Northview Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent BR8 7QA
Received 10 Sept 202155 St Vincents Road Dartford Kent DA1 1XF
Received 13 Sept 2021Pencroft Drive Dartford Kent
Received 10 Sept 202122 Sandringham Drive Dartford Kent DA2 7WB
Received 13 Sept 2021Rear Of 18 Bentley Close New Barn Road Longfield Kent
Received 13 Sept 2021The Bridge Plots 32 & 33 Marsh Street North Dartford Kent
Received 14 Sept 202186 The Brent Dartford Kent DA1 1YW
Received 14 Sept 2021The Bridge Plot 34 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent
Received 14 Sept 2021Yew Tree Cottage Shirehall Road Hawley Kent DA2 7SE
Received 14 Sept 202114A Stonehill Woods Park Old London Road Upper Ruxley Sidcup Kent DA14 5AS
Received 15 Sept 20215 Beech Road Dartford Kent DA1 2RQ
Received 15 Sept 2021215 Princes Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HP
Received 15 Sept 202133 Main Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HG
Received 15 Sept 202112 Eskdale Close Darenth Kent DA2 6LA
Received 15 Sept 2021210 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HA
Received 15 Sept 2021Land At Hook Place Farm Hook Green Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NH
Received 15 Sept 20217 St Vincents Road Dartford Kent DA1 1XF
Received 15 Sept 2021Our Ladys Roman Catholic Primary School King Edward Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 2HX
Received 15 Sept 2021210 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HA
Received 16 Sept 2021Rear Of 82 London Road Stone Kent DA2 6AN
Received 16 Sept 2021The Bridge Commercial Plot 16A Brunel Way Dartford DA1 5FW
Received 16 Sept 202139 Castleridge Drive Greenhithe Kent DA9 9WR
Received 16 Sept 202178 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HG
Received 16 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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