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.
7,148 approved · 1,093 refused · 396 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
67 Ames Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0JE
Received 16 Jun 2020122 The Brent Dartford Kent DA2 6DE
Received 16 Jun 202023 Maryfield Close Bexley Kent DA5 2HY
Received 16 Jun 2020199 Station Road Crayford Kent DA1 3QF
Received 17 Jun 202015 Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HS
Received 16 Jun 2020Old West Barn Westwood Farm Highcross Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9PH
Received 17 Jun 2020Land South Of St Marys Road Stone Kent DA9 9AG
Received 17 Jun 2020UCC Coffee Riverside Way Dartford Kent DA1 5BS
Received 17 Jun 2020UCC Coffee Riverside Way Dartford Kent DA1 5BS
Received 17 Jun 20201 The Rise Stone Kent DA9 9TF
Received 18 Jun 2020Former Croxton And Garry Site Adjacent To London Road And Tiltman Avenue Swanscombe Kent
Received 17 Jun 2020Adjacent 701 - 707 Princes Road Dartford Kent
Received 18 Jun 202018 Tyndal Way Dartford Kent DA1 5SQ
Received 18 Jun 2020Land Rear Of Barton Road Sutton At Hone DA4 9EA
Received 19 Jun 202028 Priory Gardens Dartford Kent DA1 2BE
Received 19 Jun 202018 Jessamine Place Dartford Kent DA2 6EU
Received 19 Jun 202048 Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HF
Received 19 Jun 20202 Sutherland Close Stone Kent DA9 9QJ
Received 18 Jun 2020Hook Green Farm Hook Green Lane Wilmington DA2 7AJ
Received 22 Jun 202024 & 26 Pincroft Wood Longfield Kent DA3 7HB
Received 22 Jun 202028 Acacia Road Dartford Kent DA1 2RU
Received 22 Jun 20201 Allendale Close Dartford Kent DA2 6JP
Received 22 Jun 202019 High Trees Stone Kent DA2 6PL
Received 22 Jun 2020117 Woodlands Park Bexley Kent DA5 2EW
Received 23 Jun 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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