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.
7,606 approved · 1,140 refused · 420 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Dawes Close Stone Kent DA9 9RA
Received 23 Feb 2021Laurean House Pincroft Wood Longfield Kent DA3 7HB
Received 23 Feb 202146-58 Lowfield Street Dartford Kent DA1 1HJ
Received 23 Feb 2021Land At Dartford International Ferry Terminal Clipper Boulevard Dartford
Received 23 Feb 20213 The Hollies Longfield Kent DA3 7HU
Received 24 Feb 2021Littlebrook Power Station Phase 1 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5PT
Received 24 Feb 202112 The Gables Longfield Kent DA3 7LR
Received 24 Feb 2021Former Littlebrook Power Station Phase 2 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5PT
Received 24 Feb 2021Littlebrook Power Station Phase 2 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5PT
Received 24 Feb 202150 Brent Close Dartford Kent DA2 6DB
Received 24 Feb 2021Iceland 47 - 49 High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DJ
Received 24 Feb 2021Instone House Instone Road Dartford Kent
Received 24 Feb 20211 Court Hill Cottages Hook Green Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NG
Received 24 Feb 2021West Hill Care Home Constance Grove Dartford Kent DA1 2GA
Received 24 Feb 202111 Chave Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7ED
Received 25 Feb 20217 Atlantic Close Swanscombe Kent DA10 0LJ
Received 25 Feb 202123 Banbury Villas Hook Green Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NF
Received 25 Feb 20217 Knole Road Dartford Kent DA1 3JN
Received 25 Feb 202115-17 Overy Street Dartford Kent
Received 26 Feb 202115-17 Overy Street Dartford Kent
Received 26 Feb 202110 Deerhurst Close Longfield Kent DA3 7LL
Received 26 Feb 202140 Hedge Place Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9LH
Received 26 Feb 202142 Hedge Place Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9LH
Received 26 Feb 202113 York Road Dartford Kent DA1 1SQ
Received 26 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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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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