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.
8,858 approved · 1,308 refused · 468 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hawley Mill Hawley Road Hawley Kent DA2 7SY
Received 21 Feb 202242 Eton Way Dartford Kent DA1 5HL
Received 22 Feb 2022Site Of Former 53 Watling Street Dartford Kent DA1 1RW
Received 22 Feb 2022Land South Of St Marys Road Stone Kent
Received 22 Feb 2022Court Lodge Farm Church Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9NQ
Received 23 Feb 202216 Ferndene Longfield Kent DA3 7HJ
Received 23 Feb 202232 Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HF
Received 23 Feb 2022Robinson Jackson 67 Cherry Orchard Castle Hill Ebbsfleet Valley Kent DA10 1AD
Received 22 Feb 202280A The Brent Dartford Kent DA1 1YW
Received 23 Feb 202214 Bronte Grove Dartford Kent DA1 5EU
Received 23 Feb 2022142 Heath Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2TW
Received 23 Feb 20224B Brentfield Road Dartford Kent DA1 1YJ
Received 23 Feb 2022The Anchorage Church Hill Wilmington Kent DA2 7EH
Received 24 Feb 20228 Mead Crescent Dartford Kent DA1 2SH
Received 24 Feb 202230 Tudor Close Dartford Kent DA1 3HU
Received 24 Feb 20225 - 7 Station Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QD
Received 25 Feb 20227 Ross Road Dartford Kent DA1 3NH
Received 25 Feb 20221 The Close Wilmington Kent DA2 7ES
Received 25 Feb 2022Car Park Prospect Place Dartford Kent DA1 1DY
Received 25 Feb 202239 Waldeck Road Dartford Kent DA1 1UA
Received 28 Feb 202239 Lonsdale Crescent Darenth Kent DA2 6LQ
Received 28 Feb 202239 Lonsdale Crescent Darenth Kent DA2 6LQ
Received 28 Feb 2022Winterbrook Oakfield Lane Wilmington Kent DA1 2TE
Received 28 Feb 202220 Richmond Lane Dartford Kent DA1 5UG
Received 28 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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