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.
6,950 approved · 1,069 refused · 390 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Sept 2014 to 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Eastern Quarry-Phase 5 - Site I Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 19 Dec 2019The George And Dragon London Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0LQ
Received 20 Dec 201910 Norfield Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7NZ
Received 20 Dec 201950A Chastilian Road Dartford Kent DA1 3JJ
Received 23 Dec 2019Bellbine House 156 Shirehall Road Hawley Kent DA2 7SN
Received 23 Dec 2019Land Adjacent 17 Coombfield Drive Darenth Kent DA2 7LG
Received 23 Dec 2019Priory Works Depot Sandpit Road Dartford Kent DA1 5BP
Received 23 Dec 2019Hawley Grange 181 - 183 Hawley Road Dartford Kent
Received 23 Dec 201930 Havelock Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HX
Received 24 Dec 2019Nurstead Stables Nurstead Avenue Longfield Kent
Received 24 Dec 201975 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HQ
Received 30 Dec 2019Longreach Sewage Treatment Works Marsh Street Dartford Kent DA1 5PP
Received 30 Dec 201951 Alfred Road Hawley Kent DA2 7SG
Received 30 Dec 201912 Beech Road Dartford Kent DA1 2RQ
Received 23 Dec 2019112 Brent Lane Dartford Kent DA1 1QX
Received 23 Dec 2019147 Hawley Road Dartford Kent DA1 1PB
Received 23 Dec 201920 Sycamore Road Dartford Kent DA1 2QS
Received 30 Dec 201949 Eleanor Close Dartford Kent DA1 5GQ
Received 31 Dec 20194 Sycamore Road Dartford Kent DA1 2QS
Received 31 Dec 20193 Fairlawn Crescent Greenhithe Kent DA9 9YG
Received 3 Jan 2020Thornfield Arnolds Lane Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HE
Received 6 Jan 20208 Axtane Hook Green Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NB
Received 7 Jan 2020Willow Court 31B Devon Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9AA
Received 3 Jan 2020Education Hub Alkerden Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Kent
Received 3 Jan 2020Records 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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