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.
7,453 approved · 1,125 refused · 414 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wastdale Red Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9QE
Received 19 Jan 2021Wastdale Red Street Southfleet Kent DA13 9QE
Received 19 Jan 202173 Queens Gardens Dartford Kent DA2 6HZ
Received 19 Jan 20213 Banbury Villas Hook Green Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NF
Received 19 Jan 2021Robimaur Farm Clement Street Swanley Kent BR8 7PQ
Received 19 Jan 20213 Carrington Road Dartford Kent DA1 1XN
Received 20 Jan 2021Littlebrook Power Station Phase 2 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5PT
Received 20 Jan 202136 Wilmot Road Dartford Kent DA1 3BA
Received 20 Jan 2021Neptune Slipway Pier Road Greenhithe Kent
Received 20 Jan 20218 The Hollies Longfield Kent DA3 7HU
Received 19 Jan 202159 Chestnut Grove Wilmington Kent DA2 7PQ
Received 20 Jan 202181 Brent Close Dartford Kent DA2 6DH
Received 20 Jan 2021The Barn Puddledock Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7QE
Received 20 Jan 202181 Brent Close Dartford Kent DA2 6DH
Received 20 Jan 202149A Leyton Cross Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7AW
Received 20 Jan 20212 Kenwyn Road Dartford Kent DA1 2TH
Received 20 Jan 2021Acacia Hall High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DJ
Received 4 Jun 201923 The Green Darenth Kent DA2 6JS
Received 20 Jan 20215 Woodward Terrace Horns Cross Greenhithe Kent DA9 9DD
Received 21 Jan 2021The Bridge Commercial Plot 16A Brunel Way Dartford Kent
Received 21 Jan 20212 Monks Walk Southfleet Kent DA13 9NZ
Received 21 Jan 20212 Saxon Road Hawley Kent DA2 7SH
Received 21 Jan 20213 Ferndene Longfield Kent DA3 7HJ
Received 21 Jan 202125 Elm Road Dartford Kent DA1 2RW
Received 22 Jan 2021Records 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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