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.
5,688 approved · 874 refused · 323 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Oct 2014 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sutton At Hone C Of E Primary School Church Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EX
Received 27 Apr 2017Zone C Plot 2 Former Littlebrook Business Centre Artillery Street Dartford Kent
Received 27 Apr 2017Dale Villa Dale Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NX
Received 27 Apr 2017101 Woodlands Park Bexley Kent DA5 2EW
Received 28 Apr 2017Laurean House Pincroft Wood Longfield Kent DA3 7HB
Received 28 Apr 2017Eusemere Princes View Dartford Kent DA1 1RJ
Received 28 Apr 2017Northern Gateway East (former GlaxoSmithKline - Eastern Parcel) Bounded By Mill Pond Road, Temple Hill And Central Road Dartford
Received 28 Apr 2017Plot 3 The Bridge Motorline Units 2-3 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5FD
Received 28 Apr 2017Land Adjacent 115 Milton Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0LS
Received 28 Apr 2017Eastern Quarry Waste Water Treatment Works Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 28 Apr 201716 Pinewood Place Dartford Kent DA2 7WQ
Received 28 Apr 20178 Alfan Lane Wilmington Kent DA2 7HB
Received 2 May 2017604 Princes Road Dartford Kent DA2 6JQ
Received 2 May 201729 Clarendon Gardens Dartford Kent DA2 6EY
Received 2 May 201720 Leonard Avenue Swanscombe Kent DA10 0EY
Received 2 May 201746 East Hill Dartford Kent DA1 1RZ
Received 2 May 20175 Stafford Close Stone Kent DA9 9QQ
Received 2 May 201727 Strickland Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 5JR
Received 2 May 2017Annexe Chapter Farm House Red Street Southfleet DA13 9QH
Received 2 May 20172 Sayer Close Stone Kent DA9 9PZ
Received 3 May 2017206 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HA
Received 3 May 20171 Keary Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0BU
Received 3 May 2017Plot B The Triangle Castle Hill Eastern Quarry
Received 3 May 2017111 Caxton Close Hartley Kent
Received 3 May 2017Records 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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