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.
9,149 approved · 1,346 refused · 483 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Oct 2007 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Acacia Hall Car Park South Of Dartford Town Centre Along Kent Fastway Dartford Kent DA1 1RX
Received 16 Feb 2026Fleetdown United Football Club Heath Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2QH
Received 16 Feb 2026Hillside 119 Mounts Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9ND
Received 16 Feb 2026Tilehurst Woodward Terrace Horns Cross Greenhithe Kent DA9 9DD
Received 16 Feb 202618 Tudor Close Dartford Kent DA1 3HU
Received 17 Feb 2026104 Hillhouse Road Dartford Kent DA2 6EX
Received 17 Feb 20261 The Close Wilmington Kent DA2 7ES
Received 17 Feb 202636 Ash Road Dartford Kent DA1 2RL
Received 17 Feb 202630 Brent Lane Dartford Kent DA1 1QW
Received 18 Feb 202630 Maryfield Close Bexley Kent DA5 2HY
Received 18 Feb 20265A Chancery Court Downs Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 1SX
Received 18 Feb 202630 Maryfield Close Bexley Kent DA5 2HY
Received 18 Feb 2026132 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HG
Received 18 Feb 20265 Greenfinches Longfield Kent DA3 7ND
Received 18 Feb 202612 Coopers Drive Dartford Kent DA2 7WS
Received 18 Feb 20261 Allium Rise Dartford Kent DA1 5TS
Received 19 Feb 2026Barclays 1 - 2 Copperfields Dartford Kent DA1 2DE
Received 19 Feb 2026Barclays 1 - 2 Copperfields Dartford Kent DA1 2DE
Received 19 Feb 2026Fleetdown United Football Club Heath Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2QH
Received 16 Feb 2026Fleetdown United Football Club Heath Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2QH
Received 16 Feb 20266A Station Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QD
Received 19 Feb 202630 Maryfield Close Bexley Kent DA5 2HY
Received 20 Feb 202671 Colney Road Dartford Kent DA1 1TQ
Received 20 Feb 202615 Steele Avenue Greenhithe Kent DA9 9PQ
Received 20 Feb 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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