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.
7,296 approved · 1,108 refused · 402 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Sept 2014 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Oakwood Rise Longfield Kent DA3 7PA
Received 16 Nov 20204 Kingsridge Gardens Dartford Kent DA1 3AB
Received 16 Nov 2020Betsham House Westwood Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9LZ
Received 16 Nov 2020Betsham House Westwood Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9LZ
Received 16 Nov 202076 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HG
Received 13 Nov 202076 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HG
Received 13 Nov 2020McDonalds Restaurant Bean Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9HY
Received 17 Nov 20203 Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent DA5 2EB
Received 17 Nov 2020Offices Suites Cliffside Court West Hill Dartford Kent
Received 17 Nov 2020Alley Between Livingstone Hospital And St Ronans View East Hill Dartford Kent DA1 1SA
Received 17 Nov 202058 Darenth Park Avenue Darenth Kent DA2 6LX
Received 17 Nov 202026 Tyndal Way Dartford Kent DA1 5SQ
Received 17 Nov 20204, 5 And 6 The Hollies Longfield Kent DA3 7HU
Received 18 Nov 202012 The Gables Longfield Kent DA3 7LR
Received 18 Nov 202017 Sedley Southfleet Kent DA13 9PE
Received 18 Nov 202022 Hesketh Avenue Dartford Kent DA2 6NP
Received 13 Nov 202023 Childs Crescent Swanscombe Kent DA10 0EA
Received 13 Nov 20205 Birch Close Longfield Kent DA3 7LH
Received 17 Nov 2020Land Rear Of Former Unwins Site Victoria Road Dartford DA1 5AJ
Received 18 Nov 202016 Chatsworth Road Dartford Kent DA1 5AT
Received 19 Nov 2020Ingress Lodge Gatehouse View The Avenue Greenhithe Kent DA9 9XQ
Received 19 Nov 2020North Of 1 -10 Axtane Close Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9BT
Received 19 Nov 2020Oakwell Darenth Road Dartford Kent DA1 1LZ
Received 19 Nov 202096 Brent Lane Dartford Kent DA1 1QX
Received 19 Nov 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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