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.
6,360 approved · 989 refused · 356 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Northern Gateway North Central Road Dartford Kent
Received 23 Oct 2018Land To West Of Bluewater Parkway Bluewater
Received 24 Oct 2018Land At Woodward Terrace R/O 11 Carlton Avenue Horns Cross Greenhithe Kent
Received 24 Oct 20186 Greenwood Park Darenth Road Dartford Kent DA1 1LY
Received 25 Oct 201812 Pilgrims Way Dartford Kent DA1 1QA
Received 25 Oct 201814 Junction Road Dartford Kent DA1 2BA
Received 10 Oct 20186 Leyton Cross Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7AP
Received 26 Oct 2018Premier Inn Halcrow Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 5FX
Received 26 Oct 2018Sutton Court 12 Main Road Sutton At Hone DA4 9EX
Received 26 Oct 20187A Lapwings Longfield Kent DA3 7NH
Received 26 Oct 2018Site At Junction Of King Edward Avenue And West Hill Dartford Kent
Received 25 Oct 2018110 Brent Lane Dartford Kent DA1 1QX
Received 26 Oct 201826 Pincroft Wood Longfield Kent DA3 7HB
Received 26 Oct 20181 & 1A Priory Gardens Dartford Kent DA1 2BE
Received 26 Oct 201814 Heathclose Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 2PH
Received 29 Oct 201815 Broad Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7AQ
Received 29 Oct 201854 Sandringham Drive Dartford Kent DA2 7WL
Received 29 Oct 2018Railway Tavern Station Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QD
Received 30 Oct 201849 Pentstemon Drive Swanscombe Kent DA10 0NL
Received 29 Oct 201849 Pentstemon Drive Swanscombe Kent DA10 0NL
Received 29 Oct 201836 Roseberry Gardens Dartford Kent DA1 2NX
Received 30 Oct 201887 Darenth Park Avenue Darenth Kent DA2 6LX
Received 31 Oct 201823 Larch Road Dartford Kent DA1 2LF
Received 1 Nov 2018136 Chastilian Road Dartford Kent DA1 3LG
Received 1 Nov 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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