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.
6,374 approved · 989 refused · 357 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Sept 2014 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Hazel Road Dartford Kent DA1 2SE
Received 6 Nov 2018Land West Of Northfleet Green Gravesend Kent
Received 6 Nov 2018Rear Of 79 To 85 East Hill Dartford Kent DA1 1SN
Received 5 Nov 2018Old Mill Equestrian Centre Clement Street Swanley Kent BR8 7PQ
Received 6 Nov 201866 Norman Road Dartford Kent DA1 1LF
Received 7 Nov 201810 Ridgewood Southfleet Kent DA3 7LS
Received 7 Nov 201832 Swaisland Road Dartford Kent DA1 3DE
Received 7 Nov 2018The Bridge Plot 4 Rennie Drive Dartford Kent
Received 12 Sept 201832 Swaisland Road Dartford Kent DA1 3DE
Received 7 Nov 201810 Yew Tree Close Longfield Kent DA3 7LB
Received 7 Nov 2018172 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HA
Received 7 Nov 2018160 Summerhouse Drive Bexley Kent DA2 7PD
Received 7 Nov 20183A & B Hook Place Cottages And Weavers Hook Green Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NL
Received 8 Nov 201885 Shepherds Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2PA
Received 8 Nov 2018Cheers Dental Practice 23 High Street Swanscombe Kent DA10 0AG
Received 8 Nov 201868 Norman Road Dartford Kent DA1 1LF
Received 8 Nov 201868 Norman Road Dartford Kent DA1 1LF
Received 8 Nov 201863 Red Lodge Road Bexley Kent DA5 2JP
Received 8 Nov 2018Site 3 Manor Way Business Park Land Between Galley Hill Road And Manor Way Swanscombe Kent
Received 8 Nov 201838 West View Road Dartford Kent DA1 1TR
Received 9 Nov 201874 Devonshire Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 3DW
Received 9 Nov 201817 Pincroft Wood Longfield Kent DA3 7HB
Received 9 Nov 20185 Littledale Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA2 7HU
Received 9 Nov 2018Site At Junction Of King Edward Avenue West Hill Dartford Kent
Received 6 Nov 2018Records 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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