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.
6,192 approved · 958 refused · 349 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Sept 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 Kenwood Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7EX
Received 15 Mar 20187 Wharfedale Road Dartford Kent DA2 6LH
Received 15 Mar 201868 Squires Way Wilmington Kent DA2 7NW
Received 15 Mar 20182 Fairlight Cross Longfield Kent DA3 7JD
Received 14 Mar 20183 Main Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QT
Received 16 Mar 201883 James Road Dartford Kent DA1 3NE
Received 16 Mar 201813 Barker Fields Southfleet Kent DA13 9AL
Received 16 Mar 2018Millbrook Garden Centre Station Road Southfleet DA13 9PA
Received 19 Mar 2018125 Shepherds Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2PA
Received 19 Mar 2018Land Adjacent 63 To 79 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent
Received 19 Mar 2018126 Watling Street Stone Kent DA2 6AF
Received 19 Mar 2018Rear Of 79 To 85 East Hill Dartford Kent DA1 1SN
Received 19 Mar 20181st, 2nd & 3rd Floors 33 - 35 High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DT
Received 20 Mar 201833 Water Mill Way Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9BB
Received 20 Mar 201848 King Edward Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 2HY
Received 20 Mar 20184 Warren Road Wilmington Kent DA1 1PH
Received 20 Mar 20186 Stigand Lane Greenhithe Kent DA9 9XX
Received 20 Mar 20187 Barnfield Close Longfield Kent DA3 7HP
Received 20 Mar 20186 Pacific Close Swanscombe Kent DA10 0LN
Received 20 Mar 20188 Ladywood Road Darenth Kent DA2 7LL
Received 20 Mar 20188 Ladywood Road Darenth Kent DA2 7LL
Received 20 Mar 20186 Princes Avenue Dartford Kent DA2 6NE
Received 21 Mar 20183 Gladstone Road Dartford Kent DA1 1TU
Received 21 Mar 2018Northern Gateway North Central Road Dartford Kent
Received 21 Mar 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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