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.
7,963 approved · 1,200 refused · 435 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
35 Abbey Drive Dartford Kent DA2 7WP
Received 28 Apr 20213 Birchwood Drive Wilmington Kent DA2 7NE
Received 30 Apr 2021Dartford Football Club Stadium Princes Park Grassbanks Dartford Kent DA1 1RT
Received 30 Apr 2021Fidelis Westwood Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9LZ
Received 30 Apr 202196 Keyes Road Dartford Kent DA1 5EN
Received 30 Apr 202112 Hartley Road Longfield Kent DA3 7PE
Received 4 May 202137 Woodlands Park Bexley Kent DA5 2EN
Received 4 May 20217 Wentworth Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3NQ
Received 4 May 202120 The Green Darenth Kent DA2 6JS
Received 4 May 2021Pathways New Barn Road Longfield Kent DA3 7JB
Received 4 May 20219 Hill View Road Longfield Kent DA3 7NB
Received 4 May 202118 Tyndal Way Dartford Kent DA1 5SQ
Received 4 May 202167 Brent Close Dartford Kent DA2 6DH
Received 4 May 202150 Cedar Road Dartford Kent DA1 2RS
Received 4 May 2021Former Mercedes Benz Burnham Road Dartford Kent DA1 5BL
Received 4 May 202133 Vanessa Way Bexley Kent DA5 2JS
Received 5 May 2021206 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HA
Received 5 May 2021231 Dartford Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HA
Received 5 May 2021Littlebrook Power Station Phase 2 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5PT
Received 5 May 2021Bluewater Shopping Centre Upper Thames Walk Bluewater Greenhithe Kent
Received 5 May 2021145 East Hill Dartford Kent DA1 1SW
Received 5 May 2021Stone Pit 1 Atlas Park London Road Stone
Received 5 May 2021Trees Along The Edge Of Ferndell Avenue To The Side Of 58 Summerhouse Drive And Car Port Of 53 Briar Road Bexley Kent
Received 5 May 202121 Main Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QT
Received 5 May 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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