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.
8,882 approved · 1,310 refused · 469 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
109 Woodlands Park Bexley Kent DA5 2EW
Received 11 Mar 202219 Barfield Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EJ
Received 11 Mar 2022Stone Lodge Development Complex Cotton Lane Stone Kent
Received 10 Mar 2022310 Lowfield Street Dartford Kent DA1 1LH
Received 11 Mar 2022St Michaels Church Church Hill Wilmington Kent DA2 7EH
Received 11 Mar 20225 North Riding Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HS
Received 11 Mar 2022Sterling Rowhill Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7QQ
Received 14 Mar 2022Rear Of 21 Vimy Drive Dartford Kent
Received 14 Mar 2022Outside Rainbow Villas Lady Jane Place Dartford Kent
Received 14 Mar 2022M D Moores Chemist 141 Dartford Road Dartford Kent DA1 3EN
Received 14 Mar 202263 Mayfair Road Dartford Kent DA1 5AG
Received 14 Mar 20224 Teesdale Road Dartford Kent DA2 6LJ
Received 14 Mar 2022252 Lowfield Street Dartford Kent DA1 1LH
Received 14 Mar 202213 Windsor Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3HW
Received 14 Mar 202232 Perkins Close Stone Kent DA9 9QF
Received 15 Mar 202238 Barton Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EA
Received 15 Mar 202221 West View Road Dartford Kent DA1 1TR
Received 15 Mar 202225 Havelock Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HY
Received 15 Mar 202248 Hallford Way Dartford Kent DA1 3AE
Received 15 Mar 2022Former Croxton And Garry Site Tiltman Avenue Greenhithe Kent
Received 14 Mar 202211 Plantation Close Horns Cross Greenhithe Kent DA9 9JA
Received 15 Mar 202211 Plantation Close Horns Cross Greenhithe Kent DA9 9JA
Received 15 Mar 2022The Barn Downs Farm Green Street Green Road Darenth Kent DA2 6NR
Received 15 Mar 202211 Plantation Close Horns Cross Greenhithe Kent DA9 9JA
Received 15 Mar 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage