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.
6,140 approved · 951 refused · 348 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Pentstemon Drive Swanscombe Kent DA10 0ND
Received 25 Jan 201828 Myrtle Road Dartford Kent DA1 2RJ
Received 26 Jan 20181 Orchard Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0AE
Received 26 Jan 2018202 Willow Road Dartford Kent DA1 2QR
Received 26 Jan 201813 Low Close Stone Kent DA9 9PE
Received 26 Jan 20188 Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HF
Received 26 Jan 2018Former Murex Site Lower Hythe Street Dartford Kent
Received 29 Jan 2018The Bungalow Yard Watling Street Bean Kent DA2 8AH
Received 29 Jan 201826A Stonehill Woods Park Old London Road Upper Ruxley Sidcup Kent DA14 5AS
Received 29 Jan 2018146 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HG
Received 29 Jan 201828 Cowley Avenue Stone Kent DA9 9PJ
Received 30 Jan 2018127 Fulwich Road Dartford Kent DA1 1UN
Received 30 Jan 20184 Butterly Avenue Questor Wilmington Kent DA1 1JG
Received 30 Jan 2018The Brent County Primary Junior And Infant School London Road Stone Kent DA2 6BA
Received 30 Jan 2018Knoll House Crayburne Southfleet Kent DA13 9PB
Received 30 Jan 2018Land Off Albion Road Dartford Kent
Received 30 Jan 20182 Ellingham View Dartford Kent DA1 5SZ
Received 31 Jan 2018The Haven Southfleet Avenue Longfield DA3 7JG
Received 31 Jan 201814 Bevans Close Greenhithe Kent DA9 9LN
Received 31 Jan 2018Royal Victoria And Bull Hotel 1 High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DU
Received 1 Feb 201815 Latham Close Darenth Kent DA2 6NS
Received 1 Feb 201817 King Edward Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 2HZ
Received 1 Feb 2018Public Conveniences Adjacent Library Temple Hill Square Dartford Kent
Received 1 Feb 20186 Calvert Drive Dartford Kent DA2 7GA
Received 2 Feb 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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