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.
9,073 approved · 1,336 refused · 480 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Sept 2008 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Allotment Gardens West Of Drudgeon Way Adj 49 Drudgeon Way Bean Kent DA2 8BJ
Received 9 Dec 202552 Priory Road Dartford Kent DA1 2BS
Received 10 Dec 202561 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HF
Received 10 Dec 2025Lloyds TSB 4 - 6 High Street Dartford Kent DA1 1BY
Received 10 Dec 202536 Eden Road Bexley Kent DA5 2EG
Received 10 Dec 2025131 Mounts Road Greenhithe Kent DA9 9ND
Received 10 Dec 2025Swanscombe Veterinary Practice 41 - 43 Swanscombe Street Swanscombe Kent DA10 0BQ
Received 2 Dec 202548 Patterdale Road Dartford Kent DA2 6LP
Received 10 Dec 202570 Trebble Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0EB
Received 10 Dec 202546 Anne Of Cleves Road Dartford Kent DA1 2BG
Received 11 Dec 202586 Park Road Dartford Kent DA1 1SZ
Received 11 Dec 202524 Lowfield Street Dartford Kent DA1 1HD
Received 11 Dec 202533 Main Road Sutton At Hone Kent DA4 9HG
Received 12 Dec 2025Adjacent Dartford Heath Retail Park Car Park Princes Road Dartford Kent
Received 12 Dec 2025The Ship Green Street Green Road Darenth Kent DA2 8DP
Received 12 Dec 2025Clement Street Farm South Clement Street Swanley Kent BR8 7PQ
Received 12 Dec 2025Mill House Station Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9PA
Received 15 Dec 202594 Stanhope Road Swanscombe Kent DA10 0AU
Received 15 Dec 202583 Birchwood Road Wilmington Kent DA2 7HQ
Received 16 Dec 20254 Carlton Avenue Horns Cross Greenhithe Kent DA9 9DR
Received 17 Dec 2025Land To East Of M25 South Of Clement Street Swanley Kent
Received 2 May 2025Jacksons Little Hawklands Clement Street Swanley Kent BR8 7PF
Received 17 Dec 20256 Greenwood Road Bexley Kent DA5 2EP
Received 17 Dec 202532 Fawkham Avenue Longfield Kent DA3 7HF
Received 17 Dec 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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