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.
5,958 approved · 913 refused · 336 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Oct 2014 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 Branton Road Stone Kent DA9 9JU
Received 20 Dec 201759 Grosvenor Crescent Dartford Kent DA1 5AP
Received 20 Dec 2017St Fiacre Green Street Green Road Darenth DA2 7HT
Received 20 Dec 2017189 Hawley Road Dartford DA1 1PB
Received 20 Dec 20179 Foxwood Way Longfield Kent DA3 7LD
Received 20 Dec 201732 St James Lane Horns Cross Greenhithe Kent
Received 20 Dec 201732 St James Lane Horns Cross Greenhithe Kent
Received 20 Dec 2017High View New Barn Road Southfleet DA3 7LT
Received 20 Dec 2017Stone Lodge Complex Cotton Lane Stone Kent
Received 20 Dec 201728 Shepherds Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2NU
Received 21 Dec 201750 Great Queen Street Dartford Kent DA1 1TJ
Received 21 Dec 201734 Hartley Road Longfield DA3 7PP
Received 21 Dec 20176 North Riding Fawkham Avenue Longfield DA3 7HS
Received 22 Dec 201771 Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HS
Received 22 Dec 20173 North Riding Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HS
Received 22 Dec 20171 North Riding Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HS
Received 22 Dec 201715 Pilgrims Way Dartford Kent DA1 1QZ
Received 22 Dec 20172 Tower Road Dartford Kent DA1 2HE
Received 25 Dec 20176 Pacific Close Swanscombe Kent DA10 0LN
Received 27 Dec 201763 Sussex Road Dartford Kent DA1 1SJ
Received 21 Dec 201795 Brent Lane Dartford Kent DA1 1QT
Received 28 Dec 201795 Brent Lane Dartford Kent DA1 1QT
Received 28 Dec 201795 Brent Lane Dartford Kent DA1 1QT
Received 28 Dec 201795 Brent Lane Dartford Kent DA1 1QT
Received 28 Dec 2017Records 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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