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.
5,656 approved · 871 refused · 318 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Oct 2014 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Langworth Close Wilmington Kent DA2 7ET
Received 10 Mar 201761 Windsor Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3HW
Received 10 Mar 201754 Elm Road Dartford Kent DA1 2RX
Received 9 Mar 201764 Darenth Park Avenue Darenth Kent DA2 6LX
Received 10 Mar 2017Spring Gardens Holmesdale Road South Darenth Kent DA4 9JP
Received 9 Mar 2017Spring Gardens Holmesdale Road South Darenth Kent DA4 9JP
Received 9 Mar 2017Land North Of Hedge Place Road Greenhithe Kent
Received 10 Mar 201762 Elm Road Dartford Kent DA1 2RX
Received 13 Mar 20173 Ightham Close Longfield Kent DA3 7AW
Received 13 Mar 2017Kentwood House Nursing Home Darenth Road Darenth Kent DA2 7QT
Received 13 Mar 2017Block Of 27 Lock-Up Garages Rear Of 33 & 35 Myrtle Road Oakfield Lane Dartford Kent
Received 13 Mar 201710 Edwin Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7DJ
Received 13 Mar 2017217 Dartford Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HA
Received 13 Mar 2017Land Adjacent 63 To 79 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent
Received 10 Mar 2017Agricultural Bungalow At Highfield Farm Betsham Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9PD
Received 13 Mar 2017Agricultural Barn Highfield Farm Betsham Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9PD
Received 13 Mar 2017Benlin Farm Cottage Trollingdown Hill Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA2 6NR
Received 14 Mar 2017Knoll House Crayburne Southfleet Kent DA13 9PB
Received 14 Mar 2017Woodlands Southfleet Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7JG
Received 14 Mar 2017Agricultural Bungalow At Highfield Farm Betsham Road Southfleet Kent
Received 14 Mar 2017Agricultural Barn Highfield Farm Betsham Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9PD
Received 13 Mar 201748 Spurrell Avenue Bexley Kent DA5 2EX
Received 14 Mar 2017Elmstone Betsham Road Southfleet DA13 9PD
Received 14 Mar 201724 Abbey Drive Dartford Kent DA2 7WP
Received 15 Mar 2017Records 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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