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.
7,241 approved · 1,101 refused · 397 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
54 Miskin Road Dartford Kent DA1 2LS
Received 21 Oct 2020145 Brent Lane Dartford Kent DA1 1QU
Received 21 Oct 20206 North Riding Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HS
Received 21 Oct 2020297 Knights Manor Way Dartford Kent DA1 5SH
Received 21 Oct 202023 Brent Close Dartford Kent DA2 6DD
Received 21 Oct 2020Land North Of Puddledock Lane Hextable Kent
Received 21 Oct 202036 Park Road Dartford Kent DA1 1SY
Received 21 Oct 202042 King Edward Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 2HY
Received 21 Oct 2020121 Main Road Longfield Kent DA3 7PQ
Received 22 Oct 202020 Brent Lane Dartford Kent DA1 1QW
Received 22 Oct 202053 Watling Street Dartford Kent DA1 1RW
Received 23 Oct 202035 Burnham Road Dartford Kent DA1 5AY
Received 23 Oct 2020Invicta Coop Foodstore 5 - 7 Hawley Road Dartford Kent DA1 1NP
Received 23 Oct 202017 Louvain Road Horns Cross Greenhithe Kent DA9 9DY
Received 23 Oct 2020Ashmere Phase 2 (Western Village) Eastern Quarry Swanscombe Kent
Received 23 Oct 2020Old Service Station Watling Street Bean Kent DA2 8AH
Received 23 Oct 2020Caravan Site Hillside Farm Darenth Hill Darenth Kent
Received 23 Oct 20206 Richardson Close Stone Kent DA9 9QG
Received 26 Oct 202018 The Crescent Greenhithe Kent DA9 9EP
Received 26 Oct 202079 Fleet Road Dartford Kent DA2 6JF
Received 26 Oct 2020UCC Coffee Riverside Way Dartford DA1 5BS
Received 26 Oct 202052 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HE
Received 27 Oct 2020UCC Coffee Riverside Way Dartford Kent DA1 5BS
Received 27 Oct 202020 Albert Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7DL
Received 27 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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