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.
6,892 approved · 1,065 refused · 390 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Ross Road Dartford Kent DA1 3NH
Received 19 Aug 201914 Pacific Close Swanscombe Kent DA10 0LN
Received 19 Aug 2019Dartford Valley Rugby Club Cotton Lane Stone Kent DA2 6PD
Received 19 Aug 201914 Alexander Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9HH
Received 19 Aug 201978 London Road Stone Kent DA2 6AN
Received 19 Aug 201924 Brackendene Wilmington Kent DA2 7NB
Received 20 Aug 20199 Hayes Road Horns Cross Greenhithe Kent DA9 9DS
Received 21 Aug 2019Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 20 Aug 2019Redundant Buildings Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 21 Aug 2019Stone Pit 2 St James Lane Horns Cross Greenhithe Kent
Received 21 Aug 201916 Sullivan Close Dartford Kent DA1 2NJ
Received 21 Aug 201926 Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HF
Received 21 Aug 201997 Chestnut Grove Wilmington Kent DA2 7PQ
Received 21 Aug 201915 Fairlight Cross Longfield Kent DA3 7JD
Received 23 Aug 201948 Rowan Crescent Dartford Kent DA1 2QX
Received 23 Aug 2019265 Princes Road Dartford Kent DA1 2PY
Received 23 Aug 2019Unit 1 Plot 2 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5FD
Received 23 Aug 20198 Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HF
Received 23 Aug 2019224 Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent DA2 7PB
Received 22 Aug 201914 Darenth Park Avenue Darenth Kent DA2 6JN
Received 22 Aug 201914 Darenth Park Avenue Darenth Kent DA2 6JN
Received 22 Aug 2019143 Burnham Road Dartford Kent DA1 5AZ
Received 27 Aug 2019Rowhill Farm Top Dartford Road Hextable Kent
Received 23 Aug 2019First, Second And Third Floors 27 - 31 High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DT
Received 27 Aug 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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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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