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.
7,229 approved · 1,101 refused · 396 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
684 Princes Road Dartford Kent DA2 6JG
Received 15 Oct 202026 Wayville Road Dartford Kent DA1 1RL
Received 15 Oct 202020 Chartwell Lane Longfield Kent DA3 7AY
Received 15 Oct 2020First, Second And Third Floors 26 Lowfield Street Dartford Kent DA1 1HD
Received 15 Oct 2020South Darenth Cold Stores St Margarets Farm St Margarets Road Darenth Kent DA4 9LB
Received 15 Oct 2020100 The Brent Dartford Kent DA1 1YW
Received 16 Oct 2020Cheers Dental Practice 23 High Street Swanscombe Kent DA10 0AG
Received 2 Oct 2020Littlebrook Power Station Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5PT
Received 9 Oct 2020Doone Cottage Church Walk Wilmington Kent DA2 7EL
Received 16 Oct 2020North Kent College Oakfield Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2JT
Received 16 Oct 2020Efes 55 High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DS
Received 19 Oct 2020102 The Brent Dartford Kent DA1 1YW
Received 19 Oct 20206 Calvert Drive Dartford Kent DA2 7GA
Received 19 Oct 202047 Northdown Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QN
Received 19 Oct 202016 Waterstone Way Stone Kent DA9 9TU
Received 19 Oct 2020Littlebrook Power Station Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5PT
Received 6 Oct 202053 Watling Street Dartford Kent DA1 1RW
Received 19 Oct 20208 Lansbury Crescent Dartford Kent DA1 5DG
Received 19 Oct 2020Littlebrook Power Station Phase 2 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5PT
Received 20 Oct 202053 Watling Street Dartford Kent DA1 1RW
Received 19 Oct 202016 Marsden Gardens Dartford Kent DA1 5GF
Received 20 Oct 2020134 Swaisland Road Dartford Kent DA1 3BY
Received 20 Oct 202010 Bradbrook Drive Longfield Kent DA3 7BF
Received 20 Oct 2020Pathways New Barn Road Longfield Kent DA3 7JB
Received 20 Oct 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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