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.
6,873 approved · 1,060 refused · 389 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Sept 2014 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 Red Lodge Road Bexley Kent DA5 2JW
Received 1 Jul 2019115A Milton Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0LS
Received 1 Jul 2019Acacia Hall High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DJ
Received 1 Jul 2019Unit L068 Lower Thames Walk Bluewater Greenhithe Kent DA9 9SL
Received 1 Jul 2019Land East Of Lowfield Street Dartford
Received 27 Jun 20192 Ellingham View Dartford Kent DA1 5SZ
Received 1 Jul 201937 Birchwood Drive Wilmington Kent DA2 7NF
Received 26 Jun 20197 Hayes Road Horns Cross Kent DA9 9DS
Received 1 Jul 2019105 Ladywood Road Darenth Kent DA2 7LW
Received 1 Jul 201928 Watling Street Dartford Kent DA1 1RF
Received 2 Jul 201922 Castle Street Swanscombe Kent DA10 0HN
Received 2 Jul 2019John Lewis Lower Rose Gallery Bluewater Greenhithe Kent DA9 9SA
Received 2 Jul 2019River Mill Primary School Central Road Dartford Kent DA1 5XR
Received 28 Jun 20194 St Marys Way Longfield Kent DA3 7PD
Received 2 Jul 2019Land Adjacent 182 London Road Stone Kent DA9 9JF
Received 2 Jul 20195 Rectory Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0JT
Received 3 Jul 201964 Shepherds Lane Dartford Kent DA1 2NZ
Received 3 Jul 201915 Bere Close Greenhithe Kent DA9 9XD
Received 3 Jul 2019Temple Hill Primary School St Edmunds Road Dartford Kent DA1 5ND
Received 3 Jul 2019South House Pincroft Wood Longfield Kent DA3 7AJ
Received 3 Jul 201948 Hallford Way Dartford Kent DA1 3AE
Received 4 Jul 20198 Watling Street Dartford Kent DA1 1RF
Received 4 Jul 2019Unit B2 Maplehurst Close Dartford DA2 7WX
Received 4 Jul 2019Woodlawn New Barn Road Longfield Kent DA3 7JE
Received 4 Jul 2019Records 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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