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.
5,676 approved · 874 refused · 319 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Brent County Primary Junior And Infant School London Road Stone Kent DA2 6BA
Received 3 Apr 201713 Orchard Close Longfield Kent DA3 7JP
Received 3 Apr 20172 Bankside Close Bexley Kent DA5 2HE
Received 4 Apr 2017Turnagain Croft Hook Green Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7AJ
Received 4 Apr 201757 Tile Kiln Lane Bexley Kent DA5 2JE
Received 4 Apr 2017Coop Foodstore 14 Station Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QH
Received 5 Apr 2017Plot 17 The Bridge Brunel Way Dartford Kent
Received 4 Apr 2017Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 4 Apr 2017Salts Farm Fawkham Road Fawkham Kent
Received 5 Apr 2017Land Adjacent To The Rear Of 1-12 Cressener Place Burnham Road Dartford
Received 6 Apr 2017Co-op Foodstore 24 - 26 Temple Hill Square Dartford Kent DA1 5HZ
Received 6 Apr 201716 Heathclose Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 2PH
Received 6 Apr 2017The Limes Hook Green Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NQ
Received 6 Apr 2017The Limes Hook Green Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NQ
Received 6 Apr 201749 Havelock Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HY
Received 6 Apr 201739 Baldwyns Park Bexley Kent
Received 6 Apr 2017Wentworth County Primary School Wentworth Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3NG
Received 6 Apr 20172 Cobham Terrace Bean Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9HZ
Received 7 Apr 201715 Orchard Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 2PP
Received 7 Apr 2017Northern Gateway East (former GlaxoSmithKline - Eastern Parcel) Bounded By Mill Pond Road, Temple Hill And Central Road Dartford
Received 7 Apr 2017120 Charles Street Stone Kent DA9 9AJ
Received 7 Apr 201740 Seaton Road Dartford Kent DA1 3LB
Received 10 Apr 2017Land West Of Springhead Road Springhead Road Northfleet
Received 10 Apr 20172 Bondfield Walk Dartford Kent DA1 5JS
Received 10 Apr 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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