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.
7,145 approved · 1,092 refused · 396 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Block E Mill Pond Development Site Mill Pond Road Dartford Kent DA1 1BW
Received 28 May 202015 Salisbury Road Dartford Kent DA2 6GY
Received 29 May 20207 Chichester Road Stone Kent DA9 9JS
Received 29 May 202047 Drudgeon Way Bean Kent DA2 8BJ
Received 1 Jun 202016 Eleanor Close Dartford Kent DA1 5GQ
Received 1 Jun 20201A Ash Road Hawley Kent DA2 7SD
Received 1 Jun 2020210 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HA
Received 1 Jun 2020Greendore 12 Main Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QZ
Received 1 Jun 20207 Chichester Road Stone Kent DA9 9JS
Received 29 May 202031 Craylands Lane Swanscombe Kent DA10 0LP
Received 1 Jun 20206 The Oval Longfield Kent DA3 7HD
Received 1 Jun 2020Redundant Buildings Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 1 Jun 2020224 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HA
Received 2 Jun 20204 Princes Avenue Dartford Kent DA2 6NE
Received 3 Jun 2020Halo Site Albion Road Dartford Kent
Received 4 Jun 2020The Nursery Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA2 8DP
Received 5 Jun 2020Jordans Southfleet Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7JQ
Received 5 Jun 20202A Pilgrims Way Dartford Kent DA1 1QA
Received 5 Jun 202021 Weird Wood Longfield Kent DA3 7HT
Received 8 Jun 2020Thistledown 9C Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HS
Received 8 Jun 202054 Darenth Park Avenue Darenth Kent DA2 6LX
Received 8 Jun 20206 Greenwood Park Darenth Road Dartford Kent DA1 1LY
Received 8 Jun 202023 Halcrow Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 5FX
Received 10 Jun 2020The Schloss 15 Hardy Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 2FE
Received 10 Jun 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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