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.
6,355 approved · 988 refused · 356 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
57 The Green Darenth Kent DA2 6JU
Received 10 Oct 201826 Nelson Road Dartford Kent DA1 3EJ
Received 10 Oct 201883 Chastilian Road Dartford Kent DA1 3JY
Received 10 Oct 2018Atik 37 Essex Road Dartford Kent DA1 2AU
Received 10 Oct 2018Kielder Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA2 8DH
Received 10 Oct 2018Barn A North End Farm Park Corner Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9LJ
Received 10 Oct 2018First Floor 48-56 Lowfield Street Dartford Kent
Received 11 Oct 201840 Chalk Close Dartford Kent DA1 1AN
Received 12 Oct 201855 Eden Road Bexley Kent DA5 2EQ
Received 12 Oct 2018Creswick Nurseries Dartford Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HY
Received 12 Oct 201812 The Gables Longfield Kent DA3 7LR
Received 15 Oct 201838 The Old Yews Longfield Kent DA3 7JS
Received 15 Oct 20183 Mead Road Dartford Kent DA1 2RH
Received 15 Oct 2018Greendore 12 Main Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QZ
Received 15 Oct 201819 Carrington Road Dartford Kent DA1 1XN
Received 16 Oct 2018Craylands Primary School Craylands Lane Swanscombe Kent DA10 0LP
Received 15 Oct 2018The Pier Ingress Site Greenhithe
Received 15 Oct 20186 Chastilian Road Dartford Kent DA1 3JJ
Received 15 Oct 20189 Wallis Close Wilmington Kent DA2 7BE
Received 16 Oct 2018Peveril New Barn Road Longfield Kent DA3 7JB
Received 16 Oct 201861 Willow Road Dartford Kent DA1 2QG
Received 16 Oct 201889 Stonewood Bean Kent DA2 8BZ
Received 16 Oct 2018Land North Of St Marys Road Stone Kent
Received 16 Oct 20184 Longfield Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7LF
Received 16 Oct 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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