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.
9,098 approved · 1,339 refused · 480 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Sept 2008 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
47 Clarendon Gardens Dartford Kent DA2 6EY
Received 13 Jan 2026Former Papermakers Arms Hawley Road Hawley Kent DA2 7RB
Received 13 Jan 2026101 Hedge Place Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9JY
Received 13 Jan 2026West Hill House West Hill Dartford Kent
Received 16 Jul 2025101 Maple Road Dartford Kent DA1 2QY
Received 15 Jan 202633 Sundridge Close Dartford Kent DA1 1XD
Received 16 Jan 2026Ashmere Parcels 12 And 13 Eastern Quarry Ebbsfleet
Received 16 Jan 2026Land Through Chalk Spine Under B255 Bean Road Bluewater Shopping Centre And Eastern Quarry Dartford Greenhithe Kent DA9 9ST
Received 16 Jan 2026West Hill House West Hill Dartford Kent DA1 2EU
Received 16 Jan 202631 Acacia Road Dartford Kent DA1 2RU
Received 19 Jan 202627 Oakfield Park Road Wilmington Kent DA1 2SR
Received 19 Jan 2026Transit Centre Area Car Park Bluewater Shopping Centre Dartford DA9 9ST
Received 19 Jan 202623 Parsonage Lane Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HD
Received 19 Jan 2026Pencroft Pencroft Drive Dartford Kent DA1 2PB
Received 20 Jan 2026186 Wilmot Road Dartford Kent DA1 3BS
Received 20 Jan 202637 Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HS
Received 20 Jan 202619 Edwin Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7DD
Received 21 Jan 2026St Albans House 98 East Hill Dartford Kent DA1 1SB
Received 21 Jan 20264 - 8 Hythe Street Dartford Kent DA1 1BX
Received 21 Jan 202683 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HQ
Received 21 Jan 2026West Hill House West Hill Dartford Kent DA1 2EU
Received 21 Jan 20261 - 96 Winston Close Stone Greenhithe Kent DA9 9DG
Received 22 Jan 2026Rosedale Red Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9QE
Received 22 Jan 2026The Orchard Theatre Home Gardens Dartford Kent DA1 1ED
Received 22 Jan 2026Records 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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