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.
6,921 approved · 1,066 refused · 390 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Junction Of Anchor Boulevard And Galleon Boulevard Crossways Business Park Dartford Kent
Received 4 Nov 2019Ladies Wood Ladywood Road Darenth Kent
Received 5 Nov 201915 Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HS
Received 5 Nov 2019Cosmetronic Ltd 4 - 5 Victoria Wharf Victoria Road Dartford Kent DA1 5AJ
Received 5 Nov 2019Land Adjacent Unit 7 Bridge Close Dartford Kent
Received 5 Nov 201976 Shirehall Road Hawley Kent DA2 7RP
Received 6 Nov 20193 Woodberry Grove Bexley Kent DA5 2JT
Received 6 Nov 2019The Plough 65 High Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7BW
Received 6 Nov 2019Land Rear Of Former Unwins Site Victoria Road Dartford DA1 5AJ
Received 7 Nov 201980 Hawley Road Dartford Kent DA1 1PA
Received 7 Nov 201948 Hill Rise Darenth Kent DA2 7HY
Received 7 Nov 201914 Garrow Longfield Kent DA3 7JN
Received 7 Nov 2019Stone Lodge Development Complex Cotton Lane Stone Kent
Received 4 Nov 2019Opunake New Barn Road Longfield Kent DA3 7LG
Received 7 Nov 2019Street Record Langafel Close Longfield Kent
Received 8 Nov 201914 - 18 Lowfield Street/24 Market Street Dartford Kent DA1 1EZ
Received 8 Nov 201918 Steele Avenue Greenhithe Kent DA9 9PH
Received 8 Nov 2019230 William Mundy Way Dartford Kent DA1 5WX
Received 8 Nov 2019Caravan Site Hillside Farm Darenth Hill Darenth Kent
Received 11 Nov 201923 Alexandra Terrace King Edward Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 2HH
Received 11 Nov 201912 Spurrell Avenue Bexley Kent DA5 2HA
Received 12 Nov 201937 Havelock Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HY
Received 12 Nov 2019Bluewater Shopping Centre Upper Thames Walk Bluewater Greenhithe Kent
Received 11 Nov 2019Portland Place Park Drive Longfield Kent
Received 12 Nov 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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