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.
6,338 approved · 985 refused · 355 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Pincroft Wood Longfield Kent DA3 7HB
Received 29 Aug 201822 Oakfield Park Road Wilmington Kent DA1 2ST
Received 3 Sept 201821 Heathview Crescent Dartford Kent DA1 2PJ
Received 29 Aug 20189 The Oaks Stone Dartford Kent DA2 6PF
Received 31 Aug 20187 New Barn Road Southfleet Kent DA3 7LQ
Received 3 Sept 20187 James Road Dartford Kent DA1 3NE
Received 31 Aug 201814 Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HF
Received 3 Sept 2018RSPCA 3 Market Place Dartford Kent DA1 1EX
Received 3 Sept 2018Sutton House Hawley Road Hawley Kent DA1 1PX
Received 3 Sept 201895 Main Road Longfield Kent DA3 7PQ
Received 3 Sept 2018McDonalds 476 Princes Road Dartford Kent DA1 1YT
Received 3 Sept 201820 Pilgrims Way Dartford Kent DA1 1QA
Received 4 Sept 20185 Hawley Vale Hawley Road Hawley Kent DA2 7RL
Received 4 Sept 201855 Elm Road Dartford Kent DA1 2RT
Received 4 Sept 2018101 Ashen Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3LY
Received 4 Sept 201814 Junction Road Dartford Kent DA1 2BA
Received 4 Sept 201839 Henderson Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5LF
Received 4 Sept 201810 Scott Close Dartford Kent DA1 5UJ
Received 4 Sept 20188 Festival Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HR
Received 5 Sept 201829 Warren Road Wilmington Kent DA1 1PS
Received 5 Sept 201813 Marcet Road Dartford Kent DA1 3AH
Received 6 Sept 2018Castle Farm Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA2 8DX
Received 5 Sept 20185 Paper Mill Lane Dartford Kent DA1 5BF
Received 6 Sept 20184 Watchgate Darenth Kent DA2 7JZ
Received 6 Sept 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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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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