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.
7,211 approved · 1,098 refused · 396 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Rear Of 150-160 Milton Road Milton Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 24 Aug 2020Former Magistrates Court Site/Probation And Witness Support 1A & 1C Highfield Road Dartford Kent DA1 2JH
Received 24 Aug 2020320 Dartford Road Dartford Kent DA1 3EZ
Received 25 Aug 2020Former Car Park Rear Of Two Brewers 33 Lowfield Street Dartford Kent
Received 25 Aug 2020100 Park Road Dartford Kent DA1 1SZ
Received 25 Aug 202041 Bevis Close Dartford Kent DA2 6HB
Received 25 Aug 202017 Mannock Road Dartford Kent DA1 5QT
Received 25 Aug 2020Preston Nurstead Lane Longfield Kent DA3 7AN
Received 27 Aug 202024 Barton Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EA
Received 27 Aug 20208 Woodberry Grove Bexley Kent DA5 2JT
Received 27 Aug 202010 Woodberry Grove Bexley Kent DA5 2JT
Received 27 Aug 2020National Westminster Bank 12 High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1DD
Received 27 Aug 20206 Elham Crescent Dartford Kent DA2 6FA
Received 28 Aug 2020Marringdean Main Road Longfield Kent DA3 7AG
Received 1 Sept 2020The Limes Hook Green Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NQ
Received 25 Aug 2020129 Hill House Road Dartford Kent DA2 6ET
Received 24 Aug 2020100 Park Road Dartford Kent DA1 1SZ
Received 24 Aug 2020142 East Hill Dartford Kent DA1 1SB
Received 1 Sept 20206 Broomhill Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HT
Received 1 Sept 2020Phase 2 Land At St Clements Way
Received 1 Sept 2020125A Milton Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0LS
Received 1 Sept 2020Monarch Autos 164 Milton Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0LX
Received 1 Sept 202021 School Lane Bean Kent DA2 8AL
Received 1 Sept 202030 The Brent Dartford Kent DA1 1YN
Received 1 Sept 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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