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.
8,980 approved · 1,326 refused · 474 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Sept 2008 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
TWA Water Works Green Street Green Road Darenth Kent DA2 8DH
Received 29 Aug 2025Tylers Croft Main Road Longfield Kent DA3 7AG
Received 29 Aug 2025Areas Around Pinewood Place, Anvil, Terrace, Maplehurst Close, Childrens Play Area Coopers Drive Bexley Park
Received 29 Aug 202542 Dale Street Dartford Kent DA1 5TZ
Received 1 Sept 2025IMO Car Wash Burnham Road Dartford Kent DA1 5BL
Received 1 Sept 2025Bean House Bean Lane Bean Kent DA2 8AY
Received 2 Sept 20252 Denver Road Dartford Kent DA1 3JS
Received 2 Sept 20251 Heather Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3LF
Received 2 Sept 2025Bean House Bean Lane Bean Kent DA2 8AY
Received 2 Sept 202516 Gasson Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0HX
Received 2 Sept 20254 Highview Terrace Priory Hill Dartford Kent DA1 2DB
Received 3 Sept 202526 Longfield Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7LF
Received 3 Sept 202523 Bankside Close Bexley Kent DA5 2HE
Received 3 Sept 2025115 Highfield Road Dartford Kent DA1 2JU
Received 3 Sept 2025Temple Hill Youth Club And Europa Weightlifting Temple Hill Square Dartford Kent DA1 5HX
Received 4 Sept 2025Orbital One Dartford Kent DA1 1QG
Received 4 Sept 202583 Ashen Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3LZ
Received 5 Sept 202532 Shenley Road Dartford Kent DA1 1YE
Received 5 Sept 20258 Common Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7DF
Received 5 Sept 20258 Ingress Gardens Greenhithe Kent DA9 9HW
Received 5 Sept 202534 Wilmot Road Dartford Kent DA1 3BA
Received 8 Sept 20254 Barnfield Cottages Sandy Lane Bean Kent DA2 8AJ
Received 8 Sept 20254 Barnfield Cottages Sandy Lane Bean Kent DA2 8AJ
Received 8 Sept 202569 Heather Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3LF
Received 8 Sept 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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