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.
8,941 approved · 1,320 refused · 473 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Sept 2008 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Farmland Rear Of Drudgeon Farm School Lane Bean Kent DA2 8AP
Received 24 Jul 2025Wickes 50 Overy Street Dartford Kent DA1 1UP
Received 24 Jul 202547 East Hill Dartford Kent DA1 1SN
Received 24 Jul 202545 Joydens Wood Road Bexley Kent DA5 2HU
Received 24 Jul 202563 Charles Street Stone Kent DA9 9AN
Received 24 Jul 20254 Chapel Field Cottages Ship Lane Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EQ
Received 24 Jul 202546 Eden Road Bexley Kent DA5 2EG
Received 24 Jul 202515 Stanley Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0HZ
Received 25 Jul 202517 Stanley Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0HY
Received 25 Jul 202560 Maple Road Dartford Kent DA1 2QZ
Received 25 Jul 2025Rosewood 28 Bean Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9JB
Received 25 Jul 2025Former Lynch Plant Hire And Former Ambulance Station Hawley Road Dartford Kent
Received 25 Jul 2025Kimberley House 40 Miskin Road Dartford Kent DA1 2LS
Received 25 Jul 20258 Myrtle Road Dartford Kent DA1 2RJ
Received 25 Jul 202518 Lapwings Longfield Kent DA3 7NH
Received 28 Jul 202518 Caspian Way Swanscombe Kent DA10 0LE
Received 28 Jul 202528 Marcet Road Dartford Kent DA1 3AH
Received 28 Jul 2025110 Church Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0HJ
Received 28 Jul 202546 Swaledale Road Dartford Kent DA2 6JZ
Received 28 Jul 2025131 The Brent Dartford Kent DA1 1YH
Received 28 Jul 2025Former Dartford International Ferry Terminal Clipper Boulevard Dartford Kent DA2 6QB
Received 28 Jul 2025Malt House Farm Green Street Green Road Darenth Kent DA2 8DX
Received 29 Jul 20259 Lingfield Avenue Dartford Kent DA2 6AP
Received 29 Jul 2025Elsinore New Barn Road Longfield Kent DA3 7JB
Received 29 Jul 2025Records 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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