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.
6,266 approved · 977 refused · 353 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rear Of Hyndford Crescent, Fronting London Road Ingress Park Greenhithe
Received 19 Apr 201812A Lodge Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 3DX
Received 20 Apr 201834 Clayton Croft Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7AU
Received 20 Apr 2018Phase 3B Land East Of Lowfield Street Dartford
Received 20 Apr 201825 Hill View Road Longfield Kent DA3 7NB
Received 20 Apr 20186 Firecrest Close Longfield Kent DA3 7NJ
Received 20 Apr 20183 Spurrell Avenue Bexley Kent DA5 2HA
Received 20 Apr 2018Temple Hill County Primary Infants School St Edmunds Road Dartford Kent DA1 5ND
Received 20 Apr 201830 Childs Crescent Swanscombe Kent DA10 0EA
Received 23 Apr 2018Rear Of 73 & 74 Priory Road Dartford Kent
Received 23 Apr 2018St Mary Magdalenes Church Main Road Longfield Kent DA3 7PG
Received 23 Apr 2018Former Empire Sports Ground South Of Knockhall Road Greenhithe Kent
Received 23 Apr 2018Mill Pond Development Site Mill Pond Road Dartford Kent DA1 1BW
Received 23 Apr 201816 High Street Greenhithe Kent DA9 9NN
Received 23 Apr 2018The Beeches Main Road Longfield DA3 7AG
Received 24 Apr 20188 Albert Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0AT
Received 25 Apr 20185 North Riding Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HS
Received 25 Apr 2018Comino Pescot Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7NA
Received 24 Apr 2018Former Empire Sports Ground South Of Knockhall Road Greenhithe Kent
Received 23 Apr 2018The Chapel Constance Grove Dartford DA1 2GA
Received 25 Apr 20188 Copperfields Dartford Kent DA1 2DE
Received 25 Apr 2018W J King Garages 573 - 597 Princes Road Dartford Kent DA2 6EA
Received 26 Apr 201871 Darenth Park Avenue Darenth Kent DA2 6LX
Received 26 Apr 2018Wilmington Manor Common Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7BA
Received 26 Apr 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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