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.
8,851 approved · 1,303 refused · 467 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Doone Cottage Church Walk Wilmington Kent DA2 7EL
Received 10 Feb 2022Land At Broadditch Farm New Barn Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9PU
Received 10 Feb 202211 Joydens Wood Road Bexley Kent DA5 2HS
Received 10 Feb 2022Stonehill Woods Park Old London Road Upper Ruxley Sidcup Kent
Received 11 Feb 2022Fortuna 13 Faesten Way Bexley Kent DA5 2JB
Received 11 Feb 2022Land At Broadditch Farm New Barn Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9PU
Received 10 Feb 202210 Joydens Wood Road Bexley Kent DA5 2HR
Received 11 Feb 2022Gate Lodge Darenth Fishing Complex Darenth Hill Darenth Kent DA2 7QY
Received 14 Feb 202255 Havelock Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HY
Received 14 Feb 202277 Laburnum Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 2QW
Received 14 Feb 2022Land Adjacent 69 Darenth Park Avenue Darenth Kent DA2 6LX
Received 14 Feb 202279 Broomfield Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0LU
Received 11 Feb 202228 Priory Gardens Dartford Kent DA1 2BE
Received 14 Feb 2022Isfield 3 Hook Green Barn Hook Green Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NQ
Received 14 Feb 202214 The Oval Longfield Kent DA3 7HD
Received 14 Feb 202259 Laburnum Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 2QN
Received 15 Feb 2022Foj House 32 The Brent Dartford Kent
Received 15 Feb 2022North Kent College Oakfield Lane Dartford DA1 2JT
Received 15 Feb 2022Quadro Via 1A Wyvern Close Dartford Kent DA1 2NA
Received 16 Feb 2022138 Watling Street Stone Kent DA2 6AF
Received 16 Feb 2022Phase 3 Land East Of Lowfield Street Dartford Kent
Received 16 Feb 2022135 Hedge Place Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9YF
Received 17 Feb 2022Paxwood House Rowhill Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7QQ
Received 17 Feb 2022Yew Tree Barn Brakefield Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9PY
Received 17 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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