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.
6,912 approved · 1,066 refused · 390 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Block Of Lock-Up Garages And Land At Gilbert Close Swanscombe Kent
Received 23 Oct 2019Land Rear Of 150-160 Milton Road Milton Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 23 Oct 20195 Hill View Road Longfield Kent DA3 7NB
Received 23 Oct 20191 St Ronans View Dartford Kent DA1 1QD
Received 24 Oct 201910 Starling Close Longfield Kent DA3 7NP
Received 24 Oct 2019Unit F Bridge Close Dartford Kent DA2 6QP
Received 24 Oct 2019113 And 115 Havelock Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HZ
Received 24 Oct 20191 & 2 The Old Yews Longfield Kent DA3 7JS
Received 24 Oct 2019Block Of Lock-Up Garages Rear Of Keary Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 24 Oct 2019Former Council Depot Mead Crescent Dartford Kent DA1 2SH
Received 24 Oct 2019Land West Of Darenth Road (including Land At Clubbs Pit) Darenth Road Darenth Kent DA1 1NL
Received 24 Oct 201950 Howard Road Dartford Kent DA1 1XH
Received 25 Oct 20198 Hill View Road Longfield Kent DA3 7NB
Received 25 Oct 20198 Hill View Road Longfield Kent DA3 7NB
Received 25 Oct 2019West Village & Service Yards 5, 8 And 12 Bluewater Major Space Unit MSU7 Only
Received 25 Oct 201991 - 95 Church Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 25 Oct 2019Northfleet West Sub Station Southfleet Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 25 Oct 201918 Gainsborough Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 3AS
Received 28 Oct 201948 Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HF
Received 28 Oct 2019Limetrees Pencroft Drive Dartford Kent DA1 2PB
Received 28 Oct 20192 & 3 Court Hill Cottages Hook Green Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NG
Received 28 Oct 2019Chestnuts 128A Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HG
Received 29 Oct 2019100 The Brent Dartford Kent DA1 1YW
Received 29 Oct 201947 Norman Road Dartford Kent DA1 1LE
Received 29 Oct 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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