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.
5,966 approved · 913 refused · 336 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
95 Brent Lane Dartford Kent DA1 1QT
Received 28 Dec 201735 Howard Road Dartford Kent DA1 1XS
Received 28 Dec 201757 Longfield Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7LA
Received 22 Dec 201728 Fleet Road Dartford Kent DA2 6JE
Received 27 Dec 201764 Red Lodge Road Bexley Kent DA5 2JP
Received 27 Dec 2017Former Fox And Hounds Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA2 7JR
Received 29 Dec 2017Longfield Post Office Newsagent 20 Station Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QD
Received 2 Jan 2018Glenwood 32B London Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9EQ
Received 2 Jan 2018Development Land East Of Caspian Way And North And South Of London Road Purfleet Essex
Received 29 Dec 201727 Acacia Road Horns Cross Greenhithe Kent DA9 9DJ
Received 29 Dec 20178 Hill Rise Darenth Kent DA2 7HY
Received 2 Jan 2018Depot Rear Of 2 Temple Hill Square Dartford DA1 5HZ
Received 2 Jan 201818 The Crescent Greenhithe Kent DA9 9EP
Received 2 Jan 2018320 Dartford Road Dartford Kent DA1 3EZ
Received 3 Jan 2018Greendore 12 Main Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QZ
Received 3 Jan 201811 Moore Close Darenth Kent DA2 6NN
Received 4 Jan 201839 Attlee Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5DN
Received 3 Jan 2018Dennis Of Bexley Unit R1 Maplehurst Close Dartford Kent DA2 7WX
Received 4 Jan 20183 Wilmington Court Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7AT
Received 5 Jan 201820 Hasted Close Greenhithe Kent DA9 9HT
Received 5 Jan 20187 Park Cliff Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9FY
Received 5 Jan 201819A Milestone Road Dartford Kent DA2 6DW
Received 5 Jan 201835 Tennyson Road Dartford Kent DA1 5DJ
Received 8 Jan 201853 & 54 Hardy Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 2FE
Received 8 Jan 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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