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.
6,770 approved · 1,050 refused · 381 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Sept 2014 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Littlebrook Power Station Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5PT
Received 15 Jan 2019Littlebrook Power Station Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5PT
Received 15 Jan 2019Empire Paper Mills Sports Ground Rear Of 25 Knockhall Road Greenhithe Kent
Received 15 Jan 2019Empire Paper Mills Sports Ground Rear Of 25 Knockhall Road Greenhithe Kent
Received 15 Jan 2019Dartford Primary Academy (Juniors) York Road Dartford Kent DA1 1SQ
Received 16 Jan 2019Maypole County Primary School Franklin Road Dartford Kent DA2 7UZ
Received 16 Jan 201911 Garrow Longfield Kent DA3 7JN
Received 17 Jan 2019Old Barn Nurstead Lane Longfield Kent DA3 7AN
Received 17 Jan 2019The Orchards 7 The Close Wilmington Kent DA2 7ES
Received 18 Jan 201939 Barton Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EA
Received 18 Jan 20195 Bradbrook Drive Longfield Kent DA3 7BF
Received 17 Jan 2019Little Acres Longfield Avenue Gravesend Kent DA3 7LA
Received 21 Jan 20199 North Road Dartford Kent DA1 3NA
Received 21 Jan 201966 Havelock Road Dartford Kent DA1 3JB
Received 21 Jan 20192 Cherry Tree Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7AE
Received 21 Jan 201915 Walnut Tree Avenue Wilmington Kent DA1 1LJ
Received 22 Jan 2019Oak House Nurstead Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HG
Received 22 Jan 2019Western And Central Village Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 21 Jan 2019Acacia Hall High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DJ
Received 22 Jan 2019Northern Gateway North Central Road Dartford Kent
Received 22 Jan 2019Land Adjacent 115 Milton Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0LS
Received 22 Jan 201912 & 14 Dykewood Close Bexley Kent DA5 2JN
Received 23 Jan 2019447 Princes Road Dartford Kent DA1 1RB
Received 23 Jan 20194 Sterndale Road Dartford Kent DA1 1QR
Received 23 Jan 2019Records 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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