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.
8,728 approved · 1,290 refused · 463 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
142 East Hill Dartford Kent DA1 1SB
Received 26 Oct 20212 Cherry Tree Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7AE
Received 27 Oct 2021100 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HG
Received 27 Oct 2021Northview Nursery Clement Street Swanley BR8 7PQ
Received 27 Oct 202177 Spielman Road Dartford Kent DA1 5EY
Received 27 Oct 2021Land At Hook Place Farm Hook Green Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NH
Received 27 Oct 2021Former A E Frost Builders Merchant 64 Stanhope Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0AS
Received 28 Oct 202177 Spielman Road Dartford Kent DA1 5EY
Received 28 Oct 2021Stonehill Woods Park Old London Road Sidcup DA14 5AS
Received 28 Oct 2021179 Princes Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HP
Received 28 Oct 2021Land At Victory Way Crossways Business Park Dartford Kent
Received 28 Oct 2021Block E Mill Pond Development Site Mill Pond Road Dartford Kent DA1 1BW
Received 28 Oct 20213 Blackdale Farm Cottages Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA1 1NF
Received 28 Oct 202121 Knole Road Dartford Kent DA1 3JN
Received 29 Oct 202157 Darenth Park Avenue Darenth Kent DA2 6LX
Received 29 Oct 202115 Russell Place Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EB
Received 29 Oct 202115 Russell Place Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EB
Received 29 Oct 202138 Maryfield Close Bexley Kent DA5 2HY
Received 29 Oct 202116 Waldeck Road Dartford Kent DA1 1UA
Received 29 Oct 20214 Bentley Close Longfield Kent DA3 7LJ
Received 29 Oct 2021Phases 2 And 3 Land East Of Lowfield Street Dartford Kent
Received 29 Oct 2021Rahan House 8 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HE
Received 29 Oct 2021120 North Road Dartford Kent DA1 3NB
Received 29 Oct 2021120 North Road Dartford Kent DA1 3NB
Received 29 Oct 2021Records 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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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.
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