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.
6,877 approved · 1,062 refused · 389 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Sept 2014 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Woodlawn New Barn Road Longfield Kent DA3 7JE
Received 4 Jul 201928 East Hill Dartford Kent DA1 1RZ
Received 5 Jul 201915 Seaton Road Dartford Kent DA1 3LB
Received 5 Jul 2019Entrance To Hardy Avenue Dartford Kent
Received 5 Jul 201914 Stafford Close Stone Kent DA9 9QQ
Received 5 Jul 201928 St Marys Way Longfield Kent DA3 7PD
Received 5 Jul 2019104 Trevithick Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5LJ
Received 5 Jul 2019Halo Site Albion Road Dartford Kent
Received 5 Jul 2019The Nursery Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA2 8DP
Received 8 Jul 2019119 Heath Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2QF
Received 8 Jul 201991 - 95 Church Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0HE
Received 8 Jul 20193 Orchard Close Longfield Kent DA3 7JP
Received 8 Jul 201937 Teesdale Road Dartford Kent DA2 6LB
Received 8 Jul 2019143 Burnham Road Dartford Kent DA1 5AZ
Received 8 Jul 2019Unit R4 Northfleet Industrial Estate Lower Road Northfleet Kent DA11 9SN
Received 8 Jul 2019Albus Environmental Ltd Unit 2 Oakwood Yard Watling Street Bean Kent DA2 8AH
Received 5 Jul 201958 Main Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EU
Received 8 Jul 201949 Pentstemon Drive Swanscombe Kent DA10 0NL
Received 9 Jul 201916 Sullivan Close Dartford Kent DA1 2NJ
Received 9 Jul 201949 Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HS
Received 9 Jul 20194 Chalet Close Bexley Kent DA5 2EY
Received 9 Jul 2019Green Spice Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA2 8DP
Received 10 Jul 2019Zone B Prologis Park Shield Road Dartford Kent
Received 10 Jul 2019Land South Of St Marys Road Stone Kent
Received 10 Jul 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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