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.
6,387 approved · 992 refused · 358 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land East Of Lowfield Street Dartford
Received 22 Nov 201810 Marlborough Road Dartford Kent DA1 3EL
Received 23 Nov 20188 Bean Hill Cottages Southfleet Road Bean Kent DA2 8AR
Received 23 Nov 2018Nevada Hook Green Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7AJ
Received 22 Nov 201831 Tredegar Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7AY
Received 23 Nov 201811 Nurstead Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HG
Received 21 Nov 201828 Pincroft Wood Longfield Kent DA3 7HB
Received 26 Nov 20188 Dale Walk Dartford Kent DA2 6JA
Received 26 Nov 201873 Henderson Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5LF
Received 26 Nov 2018Highbank House Common Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7DB
Received 26 Nov 20184 Mannock Road Dartford Kent DA1 5QT
Received 26 Nov 2018Rear Of 15 Brentfield Road Dartford Kent DA1 1YJ
Received 26 Nov 201811 Cobham Terrace Bean Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9HZ
Received 27 Nov 2018The Nursery Green Street Green Road Darenth DA2 8DP
Received 27 Nov 20182 Durrell Dene Dartford Kent DA1 5RU
Received 27 Nov 2018Northfleet West Sub Station Southfleet Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 27 Nov 2018143 Burnham Road Dartford Kent DA1 5AZ
Received 28 Nov 20181 Fernheath Way Wilmington Kent DA2 7PE
Received 28 Nov 201826 The Laurels Longfield Kent DA3 7HH
Received 27 Nov 201811 Cobham Terrace Bean Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9HZ
Received 27 Nov 201811A Cobham Terrace Bean Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9HZ
Received 27 Nov 201811A Cobham Terrace Bean Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9HZ
Received 27 Nov 2018Holy Trinity Church High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DE
Received 28 Nov 2018Holy Trinity Church High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DE
Received 28 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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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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