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.
6,149 approved · 952 refused · 348 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Oct 2014 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Brewers Field Wilmington Kent DA2 7PJ
Received 14 Feb 20184 Hillbrow Close Bexley Kent DA5 2HF
Received 15 Feb 2018Car Park Adj 67 The Green And 1-4 St Margarets Close Darenth Kent
Received 15 Feb 20183 - 3A Spital Street Dartford Kent DA1 2DJ
Received 15 Feb 2018Jarvis & Rowell Estate Burnham Trading Estate Burnham Road Dartford Kent DA1 5BN
Received 15 Feb 201844 The Old Yews Longfield Kent DA3 7JS
Received 15 Feb 201828 Princes Avenue Dartford Kent DA2 6NF
Received 16 Feb 2018Land At London Road And West Of Craylands Lane Craylands Lane Swanscombe Kent
Received 15 Feb 2018Land At London Road And West Of Craylands Lane Craylands Lane Swanscombe Kent
Received 15 Feb 2018In Front Of 27-53 (o) Pinewood Place Dartford Kent
Received 16 Feb 2018Adjacent 1-27 Maplehurst Close Dartford Kent
Received 16 Feb 2018110 Kirby Road Dartford Kent DA2 6HA
Received 16 Feb 20182 Oakfield Park Road Wilmington Kent DA1 2ST
Received 19 Feb 201823 Coombfield Drive Darenth Kent DA2 7LE
Received 19 Feb 201817 Clayton Croft Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7AU
Received 19 Feb 2018The Nucleus Brunel Way Dartford Kent DA1 5GA
Received 20 Feb 2018Golf Course Princes Park Grassbanks Dartford Kent DA1 1LZ
Received 19 Feb 20185 Weird Wood Longfield Kent DA3 7HT
Received 20 Feb 2018Tilbury Energy Centre
Received 20 Feb 20187 St Marys Way Longfield Kent DA3 7PD
Received 20 Feb 201814 Harrison Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7BA
Received 20 Feb 201871 Park Road Dartford Kent DA1 1ST
Received 21 Feb 20184 Lawson Gardens Dartford Kent DA1 5BJ
Received 21 Feb 2018Alkerden Farm Alkerden Lane Swanscombe Kent DA9 9LR
Received 21 Feb 2018Records 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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