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 Gravesham Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
3,785 approved · 1,314 refused · 186 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Apr 1983 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
30C Old Road West Gravesend Kent DA11 0LJ
Received 13 Sept 2021Willow Tree Farm And Holly Cottage Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0AH
Received 14 Sept 202115 Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9JE
Received 14 Sept 2021Gravesend Grammar School For Boys Church Walk Gravesend Kent DA12 2PR
Received 14 Sept 20211 Codrington Gardens Gravesend Kent DA12 5DB
Received 14 Sept 2021Hayleys Of Higham 8 School Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7AT
Received 14 Sept 202118 Hartshill Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7DY
Received 14 Sept 202159 Astra Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 4PZ
Received 14 Sept 2021Gravesend Railway Station Rathmore Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0HP
Received 15 Sept 2021Gravesend Railway Station Rathmore Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0HP
Received 15 Sept 2021Land Adj Orchard Cottage Round Street Cobham Gravesend Kent DA13 9AY
Received 15 Sept 202139 New House Lane Gravesend Kent DA11 7LP
Received 15 Sept 202116 Elliott Street Gravesend Kent DA12 2JP
Received 15 Sept 2021130 Old Road East Gravesend Kent DA12 1PF
Received 15 Sept 202192 Lamorna Avenue Gravesend Kent DA12 5PT
Received 15 Sept 2021128 Timber Bank Vigo Gravesend Kent DA13 0SW
Received 14 Sept 202114 Scratton Fields Cobham Gravesend Kent DA12 3AS
Received 15 Sept 202114 Scratton Fields Cobham Gravesend Kent DA12 3AS
Received 15 Sept 202140 Goodwood Crescent Gravesend Kent DA12 5EL
Received 15 Sept 202140 Goodwood Crescent Gravesend Kent DA12 5EL
Received 15 Sept 202123 St James Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0HF
Received 16 Sept 202112 Silver Birch Avenue Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0TP
Received 16 Sept 2021Land At Former Meopham Police Station Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent
Received 16 Sept 202149 Ingoldsby Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2LF
Received 17 Sept 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 Gravesham 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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