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8,882 approved · 1,310 refused · 469 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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.
5 Littledale Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA2 7HU
Received 30 Mar 202229 Kemsley Close Greenhithe Kent DA9 9LS
Received 31 Mar 2022192 Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent DA2 7PB
Received 31 Mar 20228 Abbey Drive Dartford Kent DA2 7WP
Received 31 Mar 202211 Garrow Longfield Kent DA3 7JN
Received 31 Mar 2022192 Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent DA2 7PB
Received 31 Mar 20224 - 5 Victoria Wharf Victoria Road Dartford Kent DA1 5AJ
Received 31 Mar 2022Stone Lodge Development Complex Cotton Lane Stone Kent
Received 10 Mar 2022Cliffside Court West Hill Dartford Kent
Received 9 May 2022Stonehill Farm Stonehill Green Wilmington Kent DA2 7HJ
Received 18 May 20223 - 3A Hythe Street Dartford Kent DA1 1BE
Received 4 Jul 20221st, 2nd & 3rd Floors 33 - 35 High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DT
Received 5 Jul 2022Car Park South Of Victoria Road Dartford Kent DA1 5AJ
Received 6 Dec 202214 High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1BY
Received 21 Mar 2023Phases 2 And 3 Land East Of Lowfield Street Dartford Kent
Received 28 Mar 2023Lanes End Farm Darenth Hill Darenth Kent DA2 7QY
Received 24 Apr 2023Smug Cow Burgers Unit C Apple Court Home Gardens Dartford Kent DA1 1GA
Received 25 Apr 2023Akash Tandoori 54 Milton Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0LY
Received 7 Jun 2023101 Burnham Road Dartford Kent DA1 5AZ
Received 19 Jun 202325 West Hill Dartford Kent DA1 2EL
Received 26 Jun 202352 - 62 West Hill Dartford Kent DA1 2EU
Received 7 Aug 2023Glentworth Ex Servicemen's Club 154 Lowfield Street Dartford Kent DA1 1JB
Received 17 Oct 2017Phase 0 (Spine Road) Stone Pit 2 St James Lane Greenhithe Horns Cross
Received 12 Sept 2023Phase 1 Stone Pit 2 St James Lane Greenhithe Horns Cross
Received 12 Sept 2023Records 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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