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.
6,886 approved · 1,063 refused · 390 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Yew Tree Close Longfield Kent DA3 7LB
Received 8 Aug 20195 Rectory Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0JT
Received 8 Aug 201912 Browning Road Dartford Kent DA1 5ET
Received 8 Aug 2019Opposite Miller & Carter Princes Road Dartford Kent
Received 8 Aug 2019Former Unwins Site Victoria Road Dartford Kent
Received 8 Aug 201923 Festival Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HR
Received 8 Aug 201912 Birch Close Longfield Kent DA3 7LH
Received 9 Aug 2019Asda Superstores Crossways Boulevard Dartford Kent DA9 9BT
Received 9 Aug 201972 Wilmot Road Dartford Kent DA1 3BD
Received 9 Aug 20191 Hawthorn Road Dartford Kent DA1 2SB
Received 28 May 20192 Ellingham View Dartford Kent DA1 5SZ
Received 9 Aug 2019Ingress Lodge Gatehouse View The Avenue Greenhithe Kent DA9 9XQ
Received 9 Aug 201991 - 95 Church Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0HE
Received 12 Aug 2019107B Westview Court Mounts Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9ND
Received 12 Aug 2019Northern Gateway North Central Road Dartford Kent
Received 12 Aug 2019Northern Gateway North Central Road Dartford Kent
Received 12 Aug 2019Land East Of Lowfield Street Dartford Kent
Received 12 Aug 2019The Stables Coachfields Northfleet Green Southfleet Kent
Received 12 Aug 2019Watercrofts Wood Old London Road Badgers Mount Kent
Received 12 Aug 201922 Ivy Close Dartford Kent DA1 1XT
Received 12 Aug 201918 Poplars Close Longfield Kent DA3 7LP
Received 12 Aug 201991 - 95 Church Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0HE
Received 12 Aug 201933 Ames Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0JB
Received 13 Aug 2019Acacia Hall High Street Dartford DA1 1DJ
Received 13 Aug 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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