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.
8,882 approved · 1,310 refused · 469 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Nov 2008 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Blackshole Farm Watling Street Dartford Kent DA2 8DE
Received 11 Apr 202573 Main Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HQ
Received 14 Apr 2025Pittsfield High Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7EG
Received 14 Apr 2025St Fiacre Green Street Green Road Darenth Kent DA2 7HT
Received 14 Apr 2025Land North Of Edwin Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7DH
Received 14 Apr 202540 Chastilian Road Dartford Kent DA1 3JJ
Received 15 Apr 20258 Northview Cottages Clement Street Swanley Kent BR8 7PH
Received 15 Apr 2025Land West Side Of Woodward Terrace Horns Cross Greenhithe Kent
Received 15 Apr 202526 Parsonage Lane Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HD
Received 16 Apr 202552 London Road Stone Kent DA2 6AN
Received 16 Apr 202518 The Crescent Greenhithe Kent DA9 9EP
Received 17 Apr 20253 Stedman Close Bexley Kent DA5 2JG
Received 22 Apr 202531 Perkins Close Stone Greenhithe Kent DA9 9QF
Received 24 Apr 202580 Dartford Road Dartford Kent DA1 3ER
Received 24 Apr 202531 Orchard Street Dartford Kent DA1 2DH
Received 25 Apr 2025Woodlawn New Barn Road Longfield Kent DA3 7JE
Received 25 Apr 202565A Main Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QT
Received 28 Apr 202523 The Close Wilmington Kent DA2 7ES
Received 28 Apr 202530 The Brent Dartford Kent DA1 1YN
Received 29 Apr 2025Land At Bean Lane Dartford Greenhithe Kent DA9 9EB
Received 29 Apr 202584 Ellingham View Dartford Kent DA1 5SZ
Received 29 Apr 202510 Main Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QZ
Received 30 Apr 202565 Longfield Avenue Longfield New Barn Kent DA3 7LA
Received 30 Apr 2025The Woodman Public House 106 East Hill Dartford Kent DA1 1SB
Received 30 Apr 2025Records 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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