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8,882 approved · 1,310 refused · 469 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
247 London Road Stone Kent DA9 9DE
Received 24 Jan 202573 Hythe Street Dartford Kent DA1 1BG
Received 28 Jan 2025Bean Cottage Shellbank Lane Bean Kent DA2 8AX
Received 29 Jan 202510 Mayors Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7ST
Received 29 Jan 202512 Clarendon Gardens Dartford Kent DA2 6EZ
Received 30 Jan 202552 Spital Street Dartford Kent DA1 2DT
Received 30 Jan 2025Rear Of 281 Lowfield Street, Adjacent 2 Myrtle Road Dartford Kent DA1
Received 3 Feb 2025North Kent College Oakfield Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2JT
Received 5 Feb 2025Rear Of 64 Stanhope Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0AS
Received 6 Feb 2025Former Landscape Services Depot Broad Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7AG
Received 6 Feb 202520 West Hill Dartford Kent DA1 2EP
Received 10 Feb 202511 The Old Yews Longfield Kent DA3 7JS
Received 10 Feb 20252 Flint Cottage Knockhall Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9HL
Received 10 Feb 2025Pit 11 West Of Knockhall Chase Greenhithe Kent DA9 9YL
Received 11 Feb 2025Land At Hook Green Farm Hook Green Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7AJ
Received 11 Feb 2025Land South Of Crossways Boulevard And North Of St Marys Road Stone Kent
Received 11 Feb 202575 Water Mill Way Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9BE
Received 13 Feb 2025North Kent College Oakfield Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2JT
Received 14 Feb 202555 Invicta Road Dartford Kent DA2 6AY
Received 17 Feb 202547 Hedge Place Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9JY
Received 17 Feb 2025Gartly Cottages Dartford Road Dartford Kent DA1 3ER
Received 17 Feb 202518 Station Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QD
Received 17 Feb 202581 Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent DA5 2EF
Received 17 Feb 202580 High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DE
Received 19 Feb 2025Records 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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