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.
9,032 approved · 1,334 refused · 477 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Railway Bridge Station Road Southfleet Kent
Received 5 Nov 202525 Main Road Longfield Kent DA3 7QT
Received 6 Nov 202513 Lingfield Avenue Dartford Kent DA2 6AP
Received 6 Nov 2025191 Main Road Longfield Kent DA3 7PJ
Received 6 Nov 202558 Main Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9EU
Received 6 Nov 202587 Woodlands Park Bexley Kent DA5 2EN
Received 6 Nov 202569 Stanham Road Dartford Kent DA1 3AN
Received 7 Nov 2025600 Milton Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0LX
Received 7 Nov 2025Whiffens Valley Stables Clement Street Swanley Kent BR8 7PF
Received 22 May 2025Twistleton Court Priory Hill Dartford Kent DA1 2EN
Received 7 Nov 2025Court Lodge Farm Church Street Southfleet Kent
Received 7 Nov 202513 Havelock Road Dartford Kent DA1 3HY
Received 7 Nov 2025The Round House Westwood Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9LZ
Received 7 Nov 20254 Bowmans Road Dartford Kent DA1 3QP
Received 7 Nov 20255A Stanley Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0HZ
Received 10 Nov 20255A Stanley Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0HZ
Received 10 Nov 2025Weavers Hook Green Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9NJ
Received 10 Nov 202543 The Old Yews Longfield Kent DA3 7JS
Received 10 Nov 2025Burnt Oak House Rowhill Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7QQ
Received 11 Nov 202548 Brakefield Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9PZ
Received 11 Nov 2025Plot 6 Former Dartford International Ferry Terminal Clipper Boulevard Dartford Kent DA" 6QB
Received 10 Nov 2025Former Lynch Plant Hire And Former Ambulance Station Hawley Road Dartford Kent
Received 11 Nov 202560 High Street Swanscombe Kent DA10 0AH
Received 11 Nov 202560 High Street Swanscombe Kent DA10 0AH
Received 11 Nov 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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