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.
8,974 approved · 1,325 refused · 474 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
28 Marcet Road Dartford Kent DA1 3AH
Received 20 Aug 2025Phase 5 Land East Of Lowfield Street (Vauxhall Farm) Dartford Kent
Received 21 Aug 2025Livingstone Hospital East Hill Dartford Kent DA1 1SA
Received 22 Aug 2025Bean Cottage Shellbank Lane Bean Kent DA2 8AX
Received 22 Aug 202529 Highfield Road Dartford Kent DA1 2JS
Received 26 Aug 2025167 Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent DA2 7PD
Received 26 Aug 2025Land Adjacent Orchard House Highcross Road Southfleet DA13 9PH
Received 26 Aug 2025Plot 6 Former Dartford International Ferry Terminal Dartford DA2 6QB
Received 25 Aug 2025Phase 1 Stone Pit II London Road Stone Kent
Received 26 Aug 2025Phase 1 Stone Pit II London Road Stone Kent
Received 26 Aug 2025Phase 2 Stone Pit II London Road Stone Kent
Received 26 Aug 2025Phase 3 Stone Pit II London Road Stone Kent
Received 26 Aug 202551 Longfield Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7LA
Received 26 Aug 202539 Vale Road Dartford Kent DA1 2TU
Received 27 Aug 202557 Top Dartford Road Hextable Kent BR8 7SG
Received 26 Aug 2025West Hill House West Hill Dartford Kent DA1 2EU
Received 27 Aug 2025West Hill House West Hill Dartford Kent
Received 27 Aug 2025West Hill House West Hill Dartford Kent
Received 27 Aug 2025West Hill House West Hill Dartford Kent
Received 27 Aug 202539 Eton Way Dartford Kent DA1 5HL
Received 2 Jun 202566 Main Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EU
Received 28 Aug 20256 The Old Yews Longfield Kent DA3 7JS
Received 29 Aug 2025Land Adjacent To Thames Way Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 27 Aug 202514 Whitby Close Stone Greenhithe Kent DA9 9QE
Received 29 Aug 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
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.
Check collection coverage