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
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Dartford Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Dartford website
9,517 approved · 1,420 refused · 497 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Mar 2005 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Heathlands Rise Dartford Kent DA1 3HS
Received 12 Oct 202613 Marina Drive Dartford Kent DA1 1RD
Received 13 Oct 2026The Paddock Nurstead Avenue Longfield Kent
Received 9 Oct 2026The Nursery Green Street Green Road Darenth Kent DA2 8DP
Received 14 Oct 2026Lowfield Development The Church Phase 4 Lowfield Street Dartford Kent DA1 1HJ
Received 14 Oct 2026Lowfield Development The Church Phase 4 Lowfield Street Dartford Kent DA1 1HJ
Received 14 Oct 20261 Barn End Drive Wilmington Kent DA2 7BX
Received 14 Oct 202663 Valley View Greenhithe Kent DA9 9LU
Received 14 Oct 202613A Lowfield Street Dartford Kent DA1 1EN
Received 14 Oct 2026Former Lynch Plant Site And Former Ambulance Station Hawley Road Dartford Kent DA1 1PB
Received 14 Oct 20261 Stanley Cottages Green Street Green Road Darenth Kent DA2 7JE
Received 14 Oct 2026Acacia Hall Car Park High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1RX
Received 14 Oct 2026Acacia Hall Car Park High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1RX
Received 14 Oct 20265 Coopers Drive Dartford Kent DA2 7WS
Received 15 Oct 2026123 The Brent Dartford Kent DA1 1YH
Received 16 Oct 202681 Wentworth Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3NQ
Received 19 Oct 2026Sir Geoffrey Leigh Academy Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA1 1QE
Received 19 Oct 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart 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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