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.
6,907 approved · 1,066 refused · 390 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
21 The Laurels Longfield Kent DA3 7HH
Received 23 Sept 2019186 Heath Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2TN
Received 23 Sept 201914 Heathclose Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 2PH
Received 24 Sept 2019The Bridge Development Bob Dunn Way Dartford Kent
Received 24 Sept 201951 Kent Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QR
Received 24 Sept 201925 Parsonage Lane Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HD
Received 25 Sept 2019Abbott Murex Site And Part Mill Pond Land To South Lower Hythe Street Dartford
Received 25 Sept 201967 - 69 High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DJ
Received 26 Sept 20199 Dawes Close Stone Kent DA9 9RA
Received 26 Sept 20197 Ferndell Avenue Bexley Kent DA5 2ED
Received 26 Sept 201916 Vanessa Way Bexley Kent DA5 2JS
Received 25 Sept 2019106 Wilmot Road Dartford Kent DA1 3BE
Received 24 Sept 20198 Laburnum Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 2QN
Received 24 Sept 2019Hopeleigh Cottage Arnolds Lane Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HE
Received 26 Sept 20197 New Barn Road Southfleet Kent DA3 7LQ
Received 26 Sept 2019104 Denver Road Dartford Kent DA1 3JT
Received 27 Sept 201947 Devon Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9AA
Received 27 Sept 2019The Nursery Green Street Green Road Darenth DA2 8DP
Received 30 Sept 2019Bexley Sports And Social Club Calvert Drive Dartford Kent DA2 7GA
Received 30 Sept 2019Rowhill Farm Rowhill Road Wilmington Kent
Received 26 Sept 201931 Havelock Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HY
Received 30 Sept 2019Northfleet West Sub Station Southfleet Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 27 Sept 2019Navigator Terminal Thames BV Ltd Oliver Road West Thurrock Essex RM20 3EE
Received 24 Sept 2019Dartford Clay Shooting Club Joyce Green Farm Joyce Green Lane Dartford Kent DA1 5PN
Received 27 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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