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.
8,917 approved · 1,319 refused · 473 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Sept 2008 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 - 10 High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1BY
Received 30 Jun 20258 - 10 High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1BY
Received 30 Jun 2025Adjacent Westgate Car Park Kent Road Dartford Kent
Received 8 Jul 202523 Chatsworth Road Dartford Kent DA1 5AT
Received 8 Jul 202530 Brent Lane Dartford Kent DA1 1QW
Received 8 Jul 202534 Tennyson Road Dartford Kent DA1 5DJ
Received 9 Jul 2025Arendal Park Corner Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9LW
Received 9 Jul 202540 Priory Road Dartford Kent DA1 2BS
Received 9 Jul 202527 Moorhen Walk Stone Kent DA9 9TZ
Received 10 Jul 202512 Sutherland Close Stone Greenhithe Kent DA9 9QJ
Received 11 Jul 202558 Spital Street Dartford Kent DA1 2DT
Received 11 Jul 202558 Spital Street Dartford Kent DA1 2DT
Received 11 Jul 20254 Calvert Drive Dartford Kent DA2 7GA
Received 11 Jul 202511 Stanham Road Dartford Kent DA1 3AW
Received 11 Jul 2025Court Lodge Farm Hook Green Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NQ
Received 14 Jul 202552 Harold Road Hawley Kent DA2 7SA
Received 14 Jul 20258 Falstaff Mews Greenhithe Kent DA9 9WW
Received 11 Jul 2025Land Adjacent To Newlands Darenth Wood Road Darenth Kent DA2 8AA
Received 14 Jul 2025Phase 5 (Vauxhall Farm) Lowfield Street Dartford Kent
Received 14 Jul 2025Phase 5 (Vauxhall Farm) Lowfield Street Dartford Kent
Received 14 Jul 202513 Greenfield Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7PA
Received 15 Jul 20256 Christchurch Road Dartford Kent DA1 3DH
Received 15 Jul 202572 Hedge Place Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9LH
Received 15 Jul 202552 Squires Way Wilmington Kent DA2 7NW
Received 15 Jul 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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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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