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.
6,785 approved · 1,051 refused · 382 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Knockhall Academy Eynsford Road Greenhithe DA9 9RF
Received 31 Jan 2019Nevada Hook Green Lane Wilmington DA2 7AJ
Received 31 Jan 2019Longfield Service Station 1 - 3 Station Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QD
Received 31 Jan 2019Unit 1 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5FD
Received 30 Jan 2019Plot 3B Fawkes Avenue Questor Wilmington Kent
Received 1 Feb 2019Rhode Farm New Barn Road Longfield Kent DA3 7LQ
Received 4 Feb 2019Castle Hill Local Centre Castle Hill Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 4 Feb 2019Knockhall Academy Eynsford Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9RF
Received 31 Jan 2019Knockhall Academy Eynsford Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9RF
Received 31 Jan 2019Bus Shelter South Side Home Gardens Dartford Kent
Received 5 Feb 2019Bus Shelter North Side Home Gardens Dartford Kent
Received 5 Feb 2019The Bridge Plot 36 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent
Received 4 Feb 201998 Priory Road Dartford Kent DA1 2BN
Received 6 Feb 201923 Keith Avenue Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HH
Received 6 Feb 201915 Miskin Road Dartford Kent DA1 2NQ
Received 6 Feb 2019Green Spice Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA2 8DP
Received 7 Feb 2019Former Northfleet West Sub Station Southfleet Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 7 Feb 20193 St Pauls Close Swanscombe Kent DA10 0BA
Received 7 Feb 20193 St Pauls Close Swanscombe Kent DA10 0BA
Received 7 Feb 201953 Joyce Green Lane Dartford Kent DA1 5HA
Received 7 Feb 2019Wren House Main Road Longfield Kent DA3 7AE
Received 7 Feb 2019Darenth Court Farm Darenth Hill Darenth Kent DA2 7QY
Received 8 Feb 2019108 St Albans Road Dartford Kent DA1 1TY
Received 8 Feb 201948 Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HF
Received 8 Feb 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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