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.
7,148 approved · 1,093 refused · 396 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
16A Swaisland Road Dartford Kent DA1 3DA
Received 8 Jun 2020Benlin Farm Cottage Trollingdown Hill Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA2 6NR
Received 10 Jun 2020Sherwood Glen Common Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7DB
Received 10 Jun 20202 Wessex Walk Dartford Kent DA2 7WE
Received 10 Jun 20202 Woodberry Grove Bexley Kent DA5 2JT
Received 11 Jun 202010 Stonehill Woods Park Old London Road Upper Ruxley Sidcup Kent DA14 5AS
Received 11 Jun 202021 Kent Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QR
Received 11 Jun 202048 Steele Avenue Greenhithe Kent DA9 9PH
Received 11 Jun 202019 Broomhill Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HT
Received 11 Jun 2020Squirrels Court Oakfield Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7AA
Received 11 Jun 2020The Steppes 212 Coombfield Drive Darenth Kent DA2 7LG
Received 12 Jun 202035 Hallford Way Dartford Kent DA1 3AF
Received 12 Jun 202023 Festival Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HR
Received 12 Jun 202047 Pincroft Wood Longfield Kent DA3 7HB
Received 12 Jun 2020105 Highfield Road Dartford Kent DA1 2JU
Received 12 Jun 2020Radar Cottage Sandbanks Hill Darenth Kent DA2 8EH
Received 12 Jun 2020River Mill Primary School Central Road Dartford Kent DA1 5XR
Received 12 Jun 20206 Princes Avenue Dartford Kent DA2 6NE
Received 15 Jun 202079 Shepherds Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2PA
Received 15 Jun 2020133 Knights Manor Way Dartford Kent DA1 5SB
Received 15 Jun 202023 Halcrow Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 5FX
Received 15 Jun 202030 Heathview Crescent Dartford Kent DA1 2PJ
Received 15 Jun 2020Land Adjacent 2 Cotton Lane Stone Kent
Received 15 Jun 202068 High Street Swanscombe Kent DA10 0AH
Received 16 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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