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.
5,801 approved · 890 refused · 330 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 Miskin Road Dartford Kent DA1 2LS
Received 24 Jul 201730 Hazel Road Dartford Kent DA1 2SE
Received 24 Jul 2017Adjacent The Gables Pescot Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7NA
Received 25 Jul 2017Plot B The Triangle Castle Hill Eastern Quarry
Received 25 Jun 201715 Chapel Drive Dartford Kent DA2 6FF
Received 25 Jul 201711 Studley Crescent Longfield Kent DA3 7JL
Received 25 Jul 201754 Berkeley Crescent Dartford Kent DA1 1NH
Received 25 Jul 20176 Ryecroft Longfield Kent DA3 7AU
Received 26 Jul 2017128 Shirehall Road Hawley Kent DA2 7SF
Received 26 Jul 20179 The Flats Knockhall Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9HQ
Received 26 Jul 2017Phase 2 Former Empire Sports Ground South Of Knockhall Road Greenhithe Kent
Received 26 Jul 2017Phase 2 Former Empire Sports Ground South Of Knockhall Road Greenhithe Kent
Received 26 Jul 2017112 Central Road Dartford Kent DA1 5UN
Received 26 Jul 2017Land To The Rear Of 2-33 St Marys Road Stone Kent
Received 24 Jul 201773 & 75 Elm Road Dartford Kent DA1 2RX
Received 26 Jul 201748 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HE
Received 27 Jul 201749 The Green Darenth Kent DA2 6JT
Received 27 Jul 2017Wastdale Red Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9QE
Received 27 Jul 201715 Baldwyns Park Bexley Kent DA5 2BE
Received 27 Jul 2017Former Murex Site Lower Hythe Street Dartford Kent
Received 27 Jul 201729 Morland Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 3BW
Received 27 Jul 2017198 Dartford Road Dartford Kent DA1 3EX
Received 27 Jul 2017The White House Holmesdale Hill South Darenth Kent DA4 9JR
Received 27 Jul 2017Swanley Centre London Road Swanley Kent BR8 7TG
Received 27 Jul 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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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