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.
6,270 approved · 977 refused · 353 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Junction Road Dartford Kent DA1 2BA
Received 26 Apr 201887 Castleridge Drive Greenhithe Kent DA9 9WR
Received 26 Apr 20189 Princes Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HJ
Received 26 Apr 201830 Pentstemon Drive Swanscombe Kent DA10 0NB
Received 27 Apr 2018281 Lowfield Street Dartford Kent DA1 1LB
Received 27 Apr 201895 Brent Lane Dartford Kent DA1 1QT
Received 27 Apr 20182 North Riding Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HS
Received 27 Apr 201879 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HQ
Received 27 Apr 2018The Bridge Dartford
Received 27 Apr 20181 Lansbury Crescent Dartford Kent DA1 5DQ
Received 30 Apr 201848 Teesdale Road Dartford Kent DA2 6LD
Received 30 Apr 201848 Teesdale Road Dartford Kent DA2 6LD
Received 30 Apr 2018Darenth Primary School Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA2 8DH
Received 27 Apr 201881-85 Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent
Received 1 May 201837 Dene Drive Longfield Kent DA3 7JR
Received 1 May 201881 Shepherds Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2PA
Received 1 May 201825 Linden Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 2RA
Received 1 May 2018Burley House 20 Main Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QZ
Received 1 May 2018Ringwood Church Walk Wilmington Kent DA2 7EL
Received 1 May 201826 Norfield Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7NZ
Received 1 May 20183 Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent DA5 2EB
Received 1 May 201842 Maiden Lane Dartford Kent DA1 4AG
Received 1 May 201851 Maple Road Dartford Kent DA1 2QY
Received 1 May 2018Flat Above 106 - 108 Milton Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 2 May 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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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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