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.
5,814 approved · 893 refused · 331 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Flat 3 Darenth Fishing Complex Darenth Hill Darenth Kent DA2 7QY
Received 27 Jul 201758 Princes View Dartford Kent DA1 1RJ
Received 27 Jul 201729 Morland Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 3BW
Received 28 Jul 2017Phase 2 Former Empire Sports Ground South Of Knockhall Road Greenhithe Kent
Received 26 Jul 201725 Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HS
Received 28 Jul 2017Woodlawn New Barn Road Longfield Kent DA3 7JE
Received 28 Jul 2017Former Murex Site Lower Hythe Street Dartford Kent
Received 27 Jul 2017Former Murex Site Lower Hythe Street Dartford Kent
Received 27 Jul 2017Former Murex Site Lower Hythe Street Dartford Kent
Received 27 Jul 2017Former Murex Site Lower Hythe Street Dartford Kent
Received 27 Jul 2017Former Murex Site Lower Hythe Street Dartford Kent
Received 27 Jul 2017Lower Ground Floor Moatfield House Highfield Road Dartford Kent
Received 28 Jul 2017Northern Gateway East And Mill Pond Sites (GlaxoSmithKline - Eastern Parcel) Bounded By Hythe Street, Mill Pond Road, Temple Hill And Central Road Dartford
Received 28 Jul 201719 Dudsbury Road Dartford Kent DA1 3BU
Received 31 Jul 201720 Reed Court Greenhithe Kent DA9 9FJ
Received 31 Jul 201777 Bowmans Road Dartford Kent DA1 3QP
Received 31 Jul 20174 Festival Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HR
Received 31 Jul 2017Adjacent 1 Elham Crescent Dartford Kent
Received 31 Jul 201715 The Dell Greenhithe Kent DA9 9XG
Received 1 Aug 201715 Pilgrims Way Dartford Kent DA1 1QZ
Received 1 Aug 2017Darenth Fishing Complex Darenth Hill Darenth Kent DA2 7QY
Received 1 Aug 201724 Market Street & 14-18 Lowfield Street Dartford Kent DA1 1EZ
Received 1 Aug 201720 North Road Dartford Kent DA1 3NA
Received 2 Aug 201743 Chatsworth Road Dartford Kent DA1 5AT
Received 2 Aug 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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