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.
8,821 approved · 1,300 refused · 466 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Nov 2008 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
29 Providence Street Stone Kent DA9 9AA
Received 14 Jan 20222 Heath End Road Bexley Kent DA5 2AH
Received 17 Jan 202244 Denver Road Dartford Kent DA1 3JT
Received 17 Jan 2022Stone Lodge School Cotton Lane Stone Kent DA2 6PD
Received 17 Jan 202254 Broad Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7AG
Received 17 Jan 202259 Page Close Bean Kent DA2 8BX
Received 17 Jan 2022Redwood Court Norfolk Close Dartford Kent DA1 5PD
Received 17 Jan 202266 Penney Close Dartford Kent DA1 2NE
Received 17 Jan 202259 Heather Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3LF
Received 18 Jan 20227 Western Terrace Dartford Kent DA1 3AY
Received 18 Jan 202242 Waterstone Way Stone Kent DA9 9TU
Received 18 Jan 202222 Foster Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5UB
Received 19 Jan 202261 Page Close Bean Kent DA2 8BX
Received 19 Jan 20228 Fawkham Avenue And 2 Merileys Close Longfield Kent DA3 7HF
Received 20 Jan 202211 Nurstead Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HG
Received 20 Jan 20222 The Hollies Longfield Kent DA3 7HU
Received 20 Jan 202219 Derwent Close Dartford Kent DA1 2TT
Received 21 Jan 202232 Hedge Place Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9LH
Received 24 Jan 2022112 Gore Road Darenth Kent DA2 6LY
Received 24 Jan 202248 Clarendon Gardens Dartford Kent DA2 6EZ
Received 24 Jan 202228 Hopkins Close Dartford Kent DA1 5UW
Received 24 Jan 202242 Barfield Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EL
Received 19 Jan 202233 Wellcome Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 5JL
Received 24 Jan 202233 Wellcome Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 5JL
Received 24 Jan 2022Records 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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