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.
7,192 approved · 1,094 refused · 396 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Autumn Chance 9 Woodland Close Longfield Kent DA3 7HA
Received 20 Jul 2020Wilmington Grammar School For Girls Parsons Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7BB
Received 20 Jul 2020The Bridge Plots 32 & 33 Marsh Street North Dartford Kent
Received 20 Jul 202025 Gainsborough Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 3AS
Received 21 Jul 2020Ashmeads 20 Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HF
Received 21 Jul 2020Land Rear Of 150-160 Milton Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 20 Jul 2020Block Of Lock-Up Garages Rear Of Keary Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 20 Jul 202017 Norfield Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7NY
Received 21 Jul 2020Former Council Depot Mead Crescent Dartford Kent
Received 20 Jul 202012 Lonsdale Crescent Darenth Kent DA2 6LG
Received 22 Jul 202058 Morgan Drive Horns Cross Greenhithe Kent DA9 9DT
Received 22 Jul 20201 The Hollies Longfield Kent DA3 7HU
Received 22 Jul 202019 High Trees Stone Kent DA2 6PL
Received 22 Jul 2020100 Fulwich Road Dartford Kent DA1 1UT
Received 23 Jul 2020130 Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent DA5 2ES
Received 23 Jul 2020122 The Brent Dartford Kent DA2 6DE
Received 23 Jul 202011 Dene Road Dartford Kent DA1 1LX
Received 23 Jul 2020Mounts Cottage Mounts Court Mounts Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9LX
Received 23 Jul 2020Mounts Cottage Mounts Court Mounts Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9LX
Received 23 Jul 2020Ivy Barn At Ivy House Highcross Road Southfleet Kent
Received 23 Jul 2020Pheasants Field St Margarets Road Darenth Kent
Received 23 Jul 202034 Sundridge Close Dartford Kent DA1 1XD
Received 24 Jul 2020The Exchange Red Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9QH
Received 24 Jul 20204 Garrow Longfield Kent DA3 7JN
Received 24 Jul 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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