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.
8,828 approved · 1,301 refused · 466 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 Moore Close Darenth Kent DA2 6NN
Received 24 Jan 202227 Moorhen Walk Stone Kent DA9 9TZ
Received 24 Jan 20229 Chalk Close Dartford Kent DA1 1AN
Received 24 Jan 202215 Cairns Close Dartford Kent DA1 2BT
Received 24 Jan 202214 Ladywood Road Darenth Kent DA2 7LL
Received 25 Jan 202214 Ladywood Road Darenth Kent DA2 7LL
Received 25 Jan 2022Stone Pit 1 Atlas Park London Road Stone
Received 25 Jan 2022Third Floor Banks Place Market Place Dartford Kent DA1 1EX
Received 25 Jan 2022The Walnuts Shopping Centre High Street Orpington Kent
Received 26 Jan 202241 Squires Way Wilmington Kent DA2 7NN
Received 26 Jan 2022Land East Of Lowfield Street Dartford Kent
Received 26 Jan 20223 Ightham Close Longfield Kent DA3 7AW
Received 26 Jan 202211 Heather Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3LF
Received 27 Jan 2022Warwick House Park Corner Road Southfleet DA13 9LN
Received 27 Jan 2022The White House Church Hill Wilmington Kent DA2 7EE
Received 28 Jan 202211 Garrow Longfield Kent DA3 7JN
Received 31 Jan 202249 Eleanor Close Dartford Kent DA1 5GQ
Received 1 Feb 202240 Chestnut Grove Wilmington Kent DA2 7PG
Received 2 Feb 2022Greenhithe Railway Station Station Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9RE
Received 2 Feb 2022The Orchards 7 The Close Wilmington Kent DA2 7ES
Received 3 Feb 20227 Spurrell Avenue Bexley Kent DA5 2HA
Received 4 Feb 2022Belmont House Red Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9QH
Received 4 Feb 2022Adjacent Warner House Cotton Lane Stone Kent
Received 4 Feb 2022In Front Of 21 Monks Orchard Wilmington Kent DA1 2TB
Received 4 Feb 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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