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.
9,404 approved · 1,402 refused · 494 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Mar 2005 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Maypole County Primary School Franklin Road Dartford Kent DA2 7UZ
Received 8 Jul 202638 Maryfield Close Bexley Kent DA5 2HY
Received 8 Jul 2026Along Jepson Drive (Outside 16, 19, 21 And 25) Stone Kent DA2 6FR
Received 8 Jul 20261-96 Winston Close Stone Greenhithe Kent DA9 9DG
Received 8 Jul 202614 Ivy Villas Station Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9NE
Received 9 Jul 202616 Whitby Close Stone Greenhithe Kent DA9 9QE
Received 9 Jul 202678 Joydens Wood Road Bexley Kent DA5 2JA
Received 9 Jul 202631 Court Road Darenth Kent DA2 7JJ
Received 9 Jul 2026St Fiacre Green Street Green Road Darenth Kent DA2 7HT
Received 9 Jul 202640 Fernheath Way Wilmington Kent DA2 7PF
Received 9 Jul 2026241 Princes Road Dartford Kent DA1 2PY
Received 10 Jul 2026Land At Lime Tree Avenue Car Park Bluewater Shopping Centre Kent DA9 9ST
Received 10 Jul 202613 Marina Drive Dartford Kent DA1 1RD
Received 10 Jul 202638 Maryfield Close Bexley Kent DA5 2HY
Received 10 Jul 2026Former Lynch Plant Site And Ambulance Station Hawley Road Dartford DA1 1PD
Received 13 Jul 202632 Hallford Way Dartford Kent DA1 3AE
Received 13 Jul 2026The Moorings Main Road Longfield Kent DA3 7PW
Received 13 Jul 2026Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent DA10 1GR
Received 9 Jul 20261 Heathlands Rise Dartford Kent DA1 3HS
Received 13 Jul 20261A Wallis Close Wilmington Kent DA2 7BE
Received 14 Jul 202612 Stanham Road Dartford Kent DA1 3AW
Received 14 Jul 202614 Stanham Road Dartford Kent DA1 3AW
Received 14 Jul 202651 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HF
Received 14 Jul 2026Land At Dartford International Ferry Terminal Clipper Boulevard Dartford DA2 6QB
Received 14 Jul 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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