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.
7,194 approved · 1,095 refused · 396 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
30 Foxwood Road Bean Kent DA2 8BH
Received 24 Jul 2020The Bridge Plot 34 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent
Received 24 Jul 20201 Hill View Road Longfield Kent DA3 7NB
Received 24 Jul 202043 Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HS
Received 27 Jul 202028 Shepherds Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2NU
Received 27 Jul 202017 Sedley Southfleet Kent DA13 9PE
Received 27 Jul 20205 The Beeches New Barn Longfield Kent DA3 7GR
Received 27 Jul 202022 Hesketh Avenue Dartford Kent DA2 6NP
Received 24 Jul 202037 High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DT
Received 27 Jul 202081 Watling Street Dartford Kent DA2 6AA
Received 27 Jul 202028 Shepherds Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2NU
Received 27 Jul 202079 Ladywood Road Darenth Kent DA2 7LW
Received 28 Jul 20209 Clayton Croft Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7AU
Received 27 Jul 2020Rear Of 17-28 Martin Drive Dartford Kent DA2 6BF
Received 28 Jul 202048 Hill Rise Darenth Kent DA2 7HY
Received 28 Jul 20208 Merileys Close New Barn Longfield Kent DA3 7HY
Received 28 Jul 2020Dartford Primary Academy (Juniors) York Road Dartford Kent DA1 1SQ
Received 28 Jul 202088 Havelock Road Dartford Kent DA1 3JB
Received 28 Jul 20207 Paper Mill Lane Dartford Kent DA1 5BF
Received 29 Jul 20202 The Laurels Longfield Kent DA3 7HH
Received 29 Jul 2020Jacksons Little Hawklands Clement Street Swanley Kent BR8 7PF
Received 29 Jul 2020Junction Joyce Green Land And Bob Dunn Way Dartford Kent
Received 29 Jul 2020Radha Krishna Pencroft Drive Dartford Kent DA1 2PB
Received 30 Jul 202053 Watling Street Dartford Kent DA1 1RW
Received 30 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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