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.
8,021 approved · 1,212 refused · 440 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Sept 2013 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
61 Caspian Way Swanscombe Kent DA10 0LD
Received 18 May 2021Land At Victory Way Crossways Business Park Dartford Kent DA2 6DT
Received 18 May 20219A Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HS
Received 18 May 2021Land Adjacent Tudor Court Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA1 1QF
Received 13 May 202117 Morland Avenue Dartford Kent DA1 3BW
Received 18 May 202134 High Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7BN
Received 19 May 202171 Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HS
Received 18 May 2021Jacobean Lodge Rowhill Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7QQ
Received 18 May 2021Northfleet West Sub Station Southfleet Road Swanscombe Kent
Received 18 May 2021137 Coombfield Drive Darenth Kent DA2 7LF
Received 20 May 202119 Watling Street Dartford Kent DA1 1RP
Received 20 May 202110 Cranford Road Dartford Kent DA1 1JP
Received 20 May 202129 Squires Way Wilmington Kent DA2 7NN
Received 20 May 202114 - 18 Lowfield Street/24 Market Street Dartford Kent
Received 20 May 202163 Spurrell Avenue Bexley Kent DA5 2EX
Received 20 May 20216 Alma Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0AF
Received 20 May 202138 Fleet Road Dartford Kent DA2 6JE
Received 21 May 2021Site Of Former 235 (Former Foresters Pub) High Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7BU
Received 21 May 2021KC Car Sales Workshop 80A The Brent Dartford Kent DA1 1YW
Received 21 May 2021125 Church Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0HE
Received 21 May 2021Greenacres Bow Arrow Lane Dartford Kent DA2 6PB
Received 24 May 20217 Hill Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7EA
Received 24 May 2021Rear Of 22 & 24 Park Road Dartford Kent DA1 1SY
Received 24 May 2021Homefield Mile End Green Green Street Green Road Dartford Kent DA2 8EB
Received 21 May 2021Records 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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