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.
7,206 approved · 1,097 refused · 396 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
28 Hallford Way Dartford Kent DA1 3AF
Received 10 Aug 2020North End Farm Park Corner Road Southfleet Kent
Received 10 Aug 202020 Lowfield Street Dartford Kent DA1 1HD
Received 11 Aug 202011 Manor Gate Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7EW
Received 11 Aug 202062A Knockhall Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9HF
Received 11 Aug 2020Hazelwood Rowhill Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7QQ
Received 11 Aug 2020Radha Krishna Pencroft Drive Dartford Kent DA1 2PB
Received 12 Aug 202019 Harrison Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7BA
Received 12 Aug 2020St Margarets Farm St Margarets Road Darenth Kent DA4 9LB
Received 12 Aug 2020Northfleet West Sub Station Southfleet Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 12 Aug 202013 Rosedale Close Dartford Kent DA2 6AL
Received 12 Aug 2020Highbank House Common Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7DB
Received 12 Aug 202012 Starling Close Longfield Kent DA3 7NP
Received 13 Aug 2020Northfleet West Sub Station Southfleet Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 13 Aug 2020Acacia Hall High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DJ
Received 13 Aug 202016 Marsden Gardens Dartford Kent DA1 5GF
Received 14 Aug 202025 Brent Close Dartford Kent DA2 6DD
Received 17 Aug 202010 Turnstone Longfield Kent DA3 7NR
Received 17 Aug 202022 Sackville Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7EB
Received 17 Aug 202057 Alfred Road Hawley Kent DA2 7SG
Received 17 Aug 2020Himalayas Pescot Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7NA
Received 17 Aug 2020Plot E10 Edisons Park Bridge Close Dartford Kent
Received 18 Aug 2020Barnhurst New Barn Road Longfield Kent DA3 7JB
Received 18 Aug 202013 Orchard Close Longfield Kent DA3 7JP
Received 18 Aug 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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