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.
6,961 approved · 1,072 refused · 391 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Sept 2014 to 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 The Green Darenth Kent DA2 6JR
Received 20 Jan 2020Greggs 28 High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1BZ
Received 20 Jan 202097 Brent Close Dartford Kent DA2 6DH
Received 22 Jan 202012 Birch Close Longfield Kent DA3 7LH
Received 21 Jan 2020Land Rear Of Former Unwins Site Victoria Road Dartford DA1 5AJ
Received 21 Jan 202092 London Road Stone Kent DA2 6AX
Received 21 Jan 2020Land West Of Tiltman Avenue Swanscombe Peninsular Northfleet DA10 0PP
Received 21 Jan 202011 Kenwood Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7EX
Received 22 Jan 2020Greendore 12 Main Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QZ
Received 17 Jan 2020Greendore 12 Main Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QZ
Received 17 Jan 2020Greendore 12 Main Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QZ
Received 17 Jan 202015 Larch Road Dartford Kent DA1 2LE
Received 22 Jan 2020The Moorings Main Road Longfield Kent DA3 7PW
Received 23 Jan 202015 Abbey Drive Dartford Kent DA2 7WP
Received 24 Jan 202066 Berkeley Crescent Dartford Kent DA1 1NH
Received 24 Jan 202020 Wood Lane Darenth Kent DA2 7LR
Received 24 Jan 202025 Vanessa Way Bexley Kent DA5 2JS
Received 24 Jan 2020Darent Valley Hospital Darenth Wood Road Darenth Kent DA2 8DA
Received 24 Jan 20201 Bean Hill Cottages Southfleet Road Bean Kent DA2 8AR
Received 27 Jan 2020111 Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent DA5 2ER
Received 27 Jan 2020Dartford Grammar School For Boys West Hill Dartford Kent DA1 2HW
Received 27 Jan 202055 West Hill Dartford Kent DA1 2HJ
Received 27 Jan 202020 Wood Lane Darenth Kent DA2 7LR
Received 24 Jan 202020 Wood Lane Darenth Kent DA2 7LR
Received 24 Jan 2020Records 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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