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.
6,287 approved · 979 refused · 355 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Sept 2014 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
105 Wentworth Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3NQ
Received 30 May 201867 The Green Darenth Kent DA2 6JU
Received 30 May 2018Northfleet West Sub Station Southfleet Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 30 May 2018Old Barn Nurstead Lane Longfield Kent DA3 7AN
Received 30 May 2018Maypole County Primary School Franklin Road Dartford Kent DA2 7UZ
Received 31 May 201818 Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent DA5 2HP
Received 1 Jun 2018Sutton Court (Car Park At Rear) 12 Main Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HA
Received 1 Jun 201810 West Hill Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3DU
Received 1 Jun 2018Land West Of Wiffens Farm Lower Road Hextable Kent
Received 1 Jun 20186 Chestnut Grove Wilmington Kent DA2 7PG
Received 4 Jun 2018Opposite 46 Pinewood Place Dartford Kent DA2 7WQ
Received 4 Jun 2018Opposite 4 & 5 Chapel Walk Rear Of Maplehurst Close Dartford Kent
Received 4 Jun 2018Chapel Walk Adj The Chapel Dartford Kent
Received 4 Jun 201829 Red Lodge Crescent Bexley Kent DA5 2JR
Received 4 Jun 20184 North Riding Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HS
Received 4 Jun 201822 The Laurels Longfield Kent DA3 7HH
Received 4 Jun 2018Land Adjacent Ryecroft Farm Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent
Received 4 Jun 20184 Garrow Longfield Kent DA3 7JN
Received 4 Jun 2018Plot 2 Questor 11 Applegarth Drive Questor Wilmington Kent DA1 1JD
Received 5 Jun 2018Plot 3B Fawkes Avenue Questor Wilmington Kent
Received 5 Jun 201814 Heathwood Walk Bexley Kent DA5 2BP
Received 5 Jun 201882 Wilmot Road Dartford Kent DA1 3BD
Received 5 Jun 2018Yew Tree Cottage Brakefield Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9PY
Received 6 Jun 201810 Garden Place Wilmington Kent DA2 7EP
Received 6 Jun 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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