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.
6,326 approved · 983 refused · 355 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Eskdale Close Darenth Kent DA2 6LA
Received 14 Aug 201816 Taunton Road Northfleet Kent DA11 9BY
Received 15 Aug 20189 Wallis Close Wilmington Kent DA2 7BE
Received 15 Aug 201897 Tile Kiln Lane Bexley Kent DA5 2BD
Received 15 Aug 2018Greendore 12 Main Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QZ
Received 15 Aug 2018Land At London Road And West Of Craylands Lane Craylands Lane Swanscombe Kent
Received 15 Aug 2018Darenth Road Quarry Darenth Road Dartford Kent
Received 15 Aug 2018Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 15 Aug 2018161 Chastilian Road Dartford Kent DA1 3LW
Received 15 Aug 2018Plot 6 Greenwood Park Darenth Road Dartford Kent DA1 1LY
Received 15 Aug 201820 Bradbrook Drive Longfield Kent DA3 7BF
Received 16 Aug 2018Plots 1-4 Greenwood Park Darenth Road Dartford Kent DA1 1LY
Received 16 Aug 201837 Birchwood Drive Wilmington Kent DA2 7NF
Received 17 Aug 201830 St Albans Road Dartford Kent DA1 1TE
Received 17 Aug 201826 The Laurels Longfield Kent DA3 7HH
Received 17 Aug 201814 Orchard Way Wilmington Kent DA2 7ER
Received 17 Aug 2018Stone Lodge Complex Cotton Lane Stone Kent
Received 17 Aug 20189 The Hollies Longfield Kent DA3 7HU
Received 20 Aug 2018KPT Solutions Burnham Road Dartford Kent DA1 5BD
Received 20 Aug 2018157 Chastilian Road Dartford Kent DA1 3LW
Received 20 Aug 20187 St Marys Way Longfield Kent DA3 7PD
Received 20 Aug 2018304 Lowfield Street Dartford Kent DA1 1LH
Received 21 Aug 2018189 Hawley Road Dartford Kent DA1 1PB
Received 21 Aug 2018Fairlawn Red Street Southfleet DA13 9QH
Received 21 Aug 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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