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.
7,933 approved · 1,195 refused · 432 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Sept 2013 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22 Pincroft Wood Longfield Kent DA3 7HB
Received 26 Apr 20212 Austen Gardens Dartford Kent DA1 5EX
Received 26 Apr 202176 Pentstemon Drive Swanscombe Kent DA10 0NJ
Received 26 Apr 202131 Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HS
Received 23 Apr 202127 Park Cliff Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9FY
Received 26 Apr 202136 Park Road Dartford Kent DA1 1SY
Received 26 Apr 2021111 Elm Road Dartford Kent DA1 2SD
Received 27 Apr 2021Wilmington Grammar School For Girls Parsons Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7BB
Received 26 Apr 2021200 Willow Road Dartford Kent DA1 2QR
Received 27 Apr 202171 Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HS
Received 27 Apr 2021Woodlands Church Walk Wilmington Kent DA2 7EL
Received 27 Apr 2021Eebs Stables Trollingdown Hill Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA2 6NR
Received 27 Apr 2021Monarch Autos 164 Milton Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0LX
Received 28 Apr 202177 Brent Close Dartford Kent DA2 6DH
Received 28 Apr 202120 North Road Dartford Kent DA1 3NA
Received 28 Apr 2021Old Service Station Watling Street Bean Kent DA2 8AH
Received 28 Apr 20212 Hope Cottages Bean Lane Bean Kent DA2 8AZ
Received 27 Apr 2021Littlebrook Power Station Phase 2 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5PT
Received 28 Apr 202125 Savoy Road Dartford Kent DA1 5AN
Received 29 Apr 202151 Brent Close Dartford Kent DA2 6DD
Received 29 Apr 2021Education Campus Alkerden Eastern Quarry
Received 28 Apr 202122 Fairlight Cross Longfield Kent DA3 7JD
Received 29 Apr 202119 Maryfield Close Bexley Kent DA5 2HY
Received 29 Apr 2021Greendore 12 Main Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QZ
Received 30 Apr 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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