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.
6,935 approved · 1,067 refused · 390 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Adjacent 29 Hardy Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 2FE
Received 13 Dec 201962 - 64 High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DE
Received 16 Dec 2019Marielyst Crayburne Southfleet Kent DA13 9PB
Received 16 Dec 2019Land At High Trees Stone Dartford Kent
Received 16 Dec 201922 Chartwell Lane Longfield Kent DA3 7AY
Received 16 Dec 2019Holly House 1 Shears Close Dartford Kent DA1 2TL
Received 17 Dec 201938 Maiden Lane Dartford Kent DA1 4AF
Received 17 Dec 2019113 Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent DA5 2ER
Received 17 Dec 2019Homefield Farm Homefield Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9JA
Received 18 Dec 201939 Station Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QD
Received 19 Dec 2019Dartford East Health Centre Pilgrims Way Dartford Kent DA1 1QY
Received 19 Dec 201924 Page Close Bean Kent DA2 8BX
Received 19 Dec 2019139 Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent DA5 2ET
Received 19 Dec 2019Littlebrook Power Station Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5PT
Received 19 Dec 20197 Ross Road Dartford Kent DA1 3NH
Received 20 Dec 2019Mast Station Road Southfleet Kent
Received 20 Dec 2019Former Magistrates Court Site/Probation And Witness Support 1A & 1C Highfield Road Dartford Kent DA1 2JH
Received 20 Dec 2019River Mill Primary School Central Road Dartford Kent DA1 5XR
Received 20 Dec 2019Serena Memorial Hall 396 Princes Road Dartford Kent DA1 1LA
Received 20 Dec 2019Land At Dartford International Ferry Terminal Clipper Boulevard Dartford Kent DA2 6QN
Received 20 Dec 201921 The Spires Wilmington Kent DA1 2TA
Received 23 Dec 2019White Gates And Wilton Lodge New Barn Road Longfield Kent DA3 7LG
Received 23 Dec 20195 Meadow Way Dartford Kent DA2 6AB
Received 18 Dec 2019Eastern Quarry-Phase 5- Site L Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 19 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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