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.
6,984 approved · 1,072 refused · 393 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
21 The Laurels Longfield Kent DA3 7HH
Received 12 Feb 202066 Berkeley Crescent Dartford Kent DA1 1NH
Received 12 Feb 20203 Eleanor Close Dartford Kent DA1 5GQ
Received 12 Feb 202013 Devon Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9AA
Received 12 Feb 2020Eyam Pescot Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7NA
Received 12 Feb 202014 Littlebrook Manor Way Dartford Kent DA1 5EA
Received 12 Feb 2020Pit 2 St James Pit West Of St James Lane Horns Cross Greenhithe Kent
Received 13 Feb 202084 Ashen Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3LU
Received 13 Feb 2020Land At Fillbaskets Red Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9QE
Received 11 Feb 202025 Harold Road Hawley Kent DA2 7SA
Received 13 Feb 2020Rosedale Red Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9QE
Received 13 Feb 2020Land At Dartford International Ferry Terminal Clipper Boulevard Dartford
Received 11 Feb 2020Land At Dartford International Ferry Terminal Clipper Boulevard Dartford
Received 11 Feb 2020Land At Dartford International Ferry Terminal Clipper Boulevard Dartford
Received 11 Feb 2020Land At Dartford International Ferry Terminal Clipper Boulevard Dartford
Received 11 Feb 2020142 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HG
Received 13 Feb 20207 Garrow Longfield Kent DA3 7JN
Received 14 Feb 202045 Barton Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EA
Received 14 Feb 2020Land At Tiltman Avenue Greenhithe DA9 9XN
Received 14 Feb 2020South House Pincroft Wood Longfield Kent DA3 7AJ
Received 14 Feb 2020Adjacent 179 Princes Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HP
Received 17 Feb 2020369 Princes Road Dartford Kent DA1 1JT
Received 17 Feb 2020104 Park Road Dartford Kent DA1 1SZ
Received 17 Feb 20208 Garrow Longfield Kent DA3 7JN
Received 17 Feb 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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