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.
7,566 approved · 1,136 refused · 417 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Old Service Station Watling Street Bean Kent DA2 8AH DA2 8AH
Received 4 Feb 2021Holly Cottage 39 Pincroft Wood Longfield Kent DA3 7HB
Received 5 Feb 2021Kimberley Residential House 40 Miskin Road Dartford Kent DA1 2LS
Received 5 Feb 202116 The Laurels Longfield Kent DA3 7HH
Received 3 Feb 202126 Longfield Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7LF
Received 5 Feb 20215 Lawford Gardens Dartford Kent DA1 3AL
Received 8 Feb 20211 Kemsley Close Greenhithe Kent DA9 9LS
Received 8 Feb 2021209 Wilmot Road Dartford Kent DA1 3BP
Received 8 Feb 202148 Windsor Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3HN
Received 8 Feb 2021Land Rear Of 165 - 173 Hawley Road Dartford Kent
Received 8 Feb 2021Land Rear Of Barton Road Sutton At Hone Kent
Received 8 Feb 2021Brawby Stock Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7BY
Received 8 Feb 2021The Bridge Plots 32 & 33 Marsh Street North Dartford Kent
Received 3 Feb 202141 Essex Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QL
Received 8 Feb 20212 Masthead Close Dartford Kent DA2 6QF
Received 8 Feb 202115 Kenwood Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7EX
Received 9 Feb 202128 Elm Road Dartford Kent DA1 2RT
Received 9 Feb 2021194 And 196 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HA
Received 9 Feb 202127-29 Station Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QQ
Received 9 Feb 202115 Red Lodge Crescent Bexley Kent DA5 2JR
Received 9 Feb 202186 Ashen Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3LU
Received 10 Feb 202115 Betsham Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0EU
Received 10 Feb 2021180 Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent DA2 7PB
Received 10 Feb 2021Land And Stables South Of Puddledock Lane Wilmington Kent
Received 8 Feb 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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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