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.
6,900 approved · 1,066 refused · 390 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
West View Southfleet Road Bean Kent DA2 8BS
Received 11 Sept 2019Caprice Red Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9QH
Received 11 Sept 2019West Village & Service Yards 5, 8 And 12 Bluewater Major Space Unit MSU7 Only
Received 11 Sept 2019102 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HG
Received 11 Sept 201997 Chastilian Road Dartford Kent DA1 3LN
Received 12 Sept 20194A Watling Street Dartford Kent DA1 1RF
Received 12 Sept 20191 Prioress Crescent Greenhithe Kent DA9 9GE
Received 12 Sept 2019Land At London Road And West Of Craylands Lane Craylands Lane Swanscombe Kent
Received 11 Sept 201914 Borland Close Stone Kent DA9 9PD
Received 12 Sept 2019Major Space Unit 7 (MSU7) West Village & Service Yards 5, 8 And 12 Bluewater
Received 12 Sept 2019Landscape Centre Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent BR8 7PS
Received 12 Sept 201915 Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HS
Received 13 Sept 201910 The Oaks Stone Kent DA2 6PF
Received 13 Sept 2019133 Main Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HQ
Received 13 Sept 201938 St Marys Way Longfield Kent DA3 7PD
Received 13 Sept 201928 Wentworth Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3NG
Received 16 Sept 201918 High Street Greenhithe Kent DA9 9NN
Received 16 Sept 201923 Woodward Terrace Horns Cross Kent DA9 9DD
Received 16 Sept 201915 Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HS
Received 13 Sept 201915 Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HS
Received 13 Sept 201915 Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HS
Received 13 Sept 201915 Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HS
Received 13 Sept 201915 Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HS
Received 13 Sept 2019Dunwich Red Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9QL
Received 16 Sept 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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