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.
6,954 approved · 1,069 refused · 391 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former Northfleet West Sub Station Southfleet Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 6 Jan 202021 School Lane Bean Kent DA2 8AL
Received 7 Jan 2020Part Ground Floor 20 Lowfield Street Dartford Kent DA1 1HD
Received 7 Jan 2020Greendore 12 Main Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QZ
Received 7 Jan 2020Bluewater Shopping Centre Upper Thames Walk Bluewater Greenhithe Kent
Received 7 Jan 2020Willow Court 31B Devon Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9AA
Received 3 Jan 2020Ebbsfleet Green Primary School Site Ebbsfleet Green Southfleet Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 8 Jan 202017 Pincroft Wood Longfield Kent DA3 7HB
Received 8 Jan 202022 Ruby Tuesday Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5RE
Received 9 Jan 202059 Malt Kiln Place Stone Kent DA2 6FW
Received 10 Jan 2020Clisha Shellbank Lane Bean Kent DA2 8AX
Received 13 Jan 202048 Wentworth Drive Dartford Kent DA1 3NG
Received 13 Jan 202030 Pentstemon Drive Swanscombe Kent DA10 0NB
Received 13 Jan 2020Land Rear Of Former Unwins Site Victoria Road Dartford DA1 5AJ
Received 13 Jan 20202 Myrtle Place Dartford Kent DA2 6ER
Received 13 Jan 2020Land North West Side Of Park Corner Road Southfleet Kent
Received 13 Jan 2020North End Farm And Adjacent Land Park Corner Road Southfleet Kent
Received 13 Jan 2020Ground Floor North Wing Riverbridge House Admirals Park Anchor Boulevard Dartford Kent DA2 6SL
Received 13 Jan 2020Land Rear Of Former Unwins Site Victoria Road Dartford Kent
Received 13 Jan 2020Littlebrook Power Station Rennie Drive Dartford Kent DA1 5PT
Received 13 Jan 2020Land At London Road And West Of Craylands Lane Craylands Lane Swanscombe Kent
Received 13 Jan 2020Land South Of Crossways Boulevard And North Of St Marys Road Stone Kent
Received 13 Jan 2020Adjacent 49 Marcet Road Dartford Kent DA1 3AH
Received 13 Jan 2020245 Dartford Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HA
Received 14 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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