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6,907 approved · 1,066 refused · 390 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rear Of Cheers Dental Practice 23 High Street Swanscombe Kent DA10 0AG
Received 30 Sept 2019The Ellenor Centre St Ronans View Dartford DA1 1AE
Received 30 Sept 20191 Elham Crescent Dartford Kent DA2 6FA
Received 30 Sept 201984 Charles Street Stone Kent DA9 9AJ
Received 1 Oct 201944 Hill House Road Dartford Kent DA2 6HQ
Received 1 Oct 2019Former Croxton And Garry Site Tiltman Avenue Greenhithe Kent
Received 1 Oct 2019Wilmington Grammar School For Girls Parsons Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7BB
Received 1 Oct 201912 The Gables Longfield Kent DA3 7LR
Received 2 Oct 201933 Birchwood Drive Wilmington Kent DA2 7NE
Received 2 Oct 201964 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HG
Received 3 Oct 2019St Michaels Church Church Hill Wilmington Kent DA2 7EH
Received 3 Oct 2019Nirvana 1 Chaplin Court Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9JD
Received 3 Oct 2019Land Adjacent 67 East Hill Dartford Kent DA1 1SN
Received 3 Oct 20194 - 12 Lowfield Street Dartford Kent DA1 1HA
Received 3 Oct 2019Stone Lodge Complex Cotton Lane Stone DA2 6PD
Received 3 Oct 20191 Lambert Mews Southfleet Kent DA13 9AN
Received 3 Oct 201954 Darenth Park Avenue Darenth Kent DA2 6LX
Received 4 Oct 2019La Casita New Barn Road Longfield Kent DA3 7LG
Received 4 Oct 20193 Fairfax Court Dartford Kent DA1 1XY
Received 4 Oct 2019Kirn Park Way Bexley Kent DA5 2JD
Received 7 Oct 2019The Cottage Southfleet Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7JQ
Received 7 Oct 20192 Cullum Cottages Southfleet Road Bean Kent DA2 8AN
Received 7 Oct 201911 Studley Crescent Longfield Kent DA3 7JL
Received 7 Oct 2019Land At London Road And West Of Craylands Lane Craylands Lane Swanscombe Kent
Received 4 Oct 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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