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.
5,884 approved · 903 refused · 333 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
39 Swanscombe Street Swanscombe Kent DA10 0BQ
Received 4 Oct 2017Land Adjacent Wheatsheaf PH Highcross Road Southfleet Kent
Received 4 Oct 2017Former Royal Oak Pub School Lane Bean Kent
Received 4 Oct 2017Crossways Boulevard Adj Pumping Station Dartford Kent
Received 4 Oct 2017125 Shepherds Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2PA
Received 5 Oct 2017The Green Man Main Road Longfield Kent DA3 7AS
Received 5 Oct 2017Homefield Farm Homefield Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9JA
Received 5 Oct 2017North Kent College Oakfield Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2JT
Received 5 Oct 2017Rear Of 33 Lowfield Street Dartford Kent
Received 5 Oct 2017Abbott Murex Site And Part Mill Pond Land To South Lower Hythe Street Dartford Kent DA1 1BN
Received 5 Oct 2017140 Willow Road Dartford Kent DA1 2QP
Received 5 Oct 2017Dale Villa Dale Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NX
Received 5 Oct 2017Abbott Murex Site And Part Mill Pond Land To South Lower Hythe Street Dartford Kent DA1 1BN
Received 5 Oct 2017Dale Villa Dale Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NX
Received 5 Oct 201724 Tower Road Dartford Kent DA1 2HE
Received 6 Oct 2017Pit 1 South Of Cotton Lane Stone Kent
Received 6 Oct 201766 Hawley Road Dartford Kent DA1 1PA
Received 6 Oct 201713 Shepherds Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2NL
Received 9 Oct 201776 Hawley Road Dartford Kent DA1 1PA
Received 9 Oct 201776 Hawley Road Dartford Kent DA1 1PA
Received 9 Oct 201711 Shepherds Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2NL
Received 9 Oct 201728 Shepherds Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2NU
Received 9 Oct 201758 Brent Lane Dartford Kent DA1 1QS
Received 9 Oct 2017177 Hawley Road Dartford Kent DA1 1PB
Received 9 Oct 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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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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