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.
7,219 approved · 1,099 refused · 396 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Pincroft Wood Longfield Kent DA3 7HB
Received 7 Sept 2020Adjacent 18 Fernheath Way Wilmington Kent DA2 7PF
Received 7 Sept 2020Sutton Church Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EX
Received 7 Sept 20203 Scott Close Dartford Kent DA1 5UJ
Received 7 Sept 2020Rowhill Lodge Rowhill Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7QH
Received 8 Sept 20202 Longmarsh View Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9DY
Received 8 Sept 20202 Clarendon Gardens Dartford Kent DA2 6EZ
Received 8 Sept 2020Flats 24 A-F West Hill Dartford Kent DA1 2EP
Received 8 Sept 202026 Chave Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7ED
Received 9 Sept 2020211 Phoenix Place Dartford Kent DA1 2XQ
Received 9 Sept 202012 Chichester Road Stone Kent DA9 9JT
Received 10 Sept 20201 Andrews Place Dartford Kent DA2 7WD
Received 10 Sept 202020 Wood Lane Darenth Kent DA2 7LR
Received 11 Sept 2020Vopak Terminal Land In Thurrock Thurrock Essex
Received 10 Sept 2020Highfield Farm Betsham Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9PD
Received 11 Sept 20202 Hawley Vale Hawley Road Hawley Kent DA2 7RL
Received 11 Sept 202011 Lockwood Place Dartford Kent DA1 5TD
Received 14 Sept 202037 Sussex Road Dartford Kent DA1 1SJ
Received 14 Sept 20209A Dartford Road Bexley Kent DA5 2BH
Received 14 Sept 202027 Longfield Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7LE
Received 14 Sept 202032 Briar Road Bexley Kent DA5 2HN
Received 15 Sept 202020 Wood Lane Darenth Kent DA2 7LR
Received 11 Sept 202020 Wood Lane Darenth Kent DA2 7LR
Received 11 Sept 202020 Wood Lane Darenth Kent DA2 7LR
Received 11 Sept 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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