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.
6,929 approved · 1,067 refused · 390 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Chastilian Road Dartford Kent DA1 3JJ
Received 27 Nov 2019Unit R4 Northfleet Industrial Estate Lower Road Northfleet Kent DA11 9SN
Received 26 Nov 2019Hook Green Farm Lodge Hook Green Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NQ
Received 27 Nov 2019Ke San Southfleet Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7JG
Received 27 Nov 2019Charthurst Crayburne Southfleet Kent DA13 9PB
Received 28 Nov 2019Ashmere (Phase 1) Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 28 Nov 201922 Bedford Road Dartford Kent DA1 1SR
Received 29 Nov 20195 Arethusa Place High Street Greenhithe Kent DA9 9NZ
Received 29 Nov 2019St Margarets Farm St Margarets Road Darenth Kent DA4 9LB
Received 29 Nov 2019Land Rear Of 39-41 Brentfield Road Dartford Kent
Received 29 Nov 201997 Chastilian Road Dartford Kent DA1 3LN
Received 29 Nov 2019Abbott Murex Site And Part Mill Pond Land To South Lower Hythe Street Dartford
Received 2 Dec 20191 Tower Road Dartford Kent DA1 2HE
Received 2 Dec 201970 Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HE
Received 2 Dec 201987 Shepherds Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2PA
Received 2 Dec 201944 Cedar Drive Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EN
Received 2 Dec 201957 Colney Road Dartford Kent DA1 1TQ
Received 2 Dec 2019UCC Coffee Riverside Way Dartford Kent DA1 5BS
Received 2 Dec 201957 Colney Road Dartford Kent DA1 1TQ
Received 3 Dec 2019115 Ladywood Road Darenth Kent DA2 7LP
Received 3 Dec 2019Braemar 1 Branton Road Stone Kent DA9 9JU
Received 3 Dec 201995 Knockhall Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9EY
Received 3 Dec 201912 Turner Court Dartford Kent DA1 3BF
Received 4 Dec 201987 West Hill Dartford Kent DA1 2HJ
Received 3 Dec 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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