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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.
3,786 approved · 1,315 refused · 186 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Constitution Hill Gravesend Kent DA12 1JT
Received 17 Sept 2021141 Parrock Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1EY
Received 17 Sept 202116 Lennox Road East Gravesend Kent DA11 0NB
Received 17 Sept 2021163 Parrock Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1ER
Received 16 Sept 2021171 Highview Vigo Gravesend Kent DA13 0UT
Received 20 Sept 2021The Ruby Lounge 42 The Grove Gravesend Kent DA12 1DP
Received 20 Sept 202172 Clipper Crescent Gravesend Kent DA12 4NN
Received 20 Sept 202123 And 24 Lisle Close Gravesend Kent DA12 4XH
Received 20 Sept 20211 Portland Villas Windmill Street Gravesend Kent
Received 21 Sept 20214 Constitution Crescent Gravesend Kent DA12 1JS
Received 21 Sept 20214 Constitution Crescent Gravesend Kent DA12 1JS
Received 21 Sept 202128 Churchside Vigo Gravesend Kent DA13 0SJ
Received 21 Sept 2021Barn At Oaklands Leywood Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0UD
Received 22 Sept 202110 St Katherines Cottages Forge Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3DR
Received 22 Sept 202132 Telegraph Hill Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7NW
Received 22 Sept 202133 Timber Bank Vigo Gravesend Kent DA13 0RY
Received 22 Sept 202160 Whitehill Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5PQ
Received 22 Sept 20215 - 10 New Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0AA
Received 22 Sept 20215 - 10 New Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0AA
Received 22 Sept 20215 Brookside Road Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9JJ
Received 22 Sept 202125 Landseer Avenue Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8NN
Received 23 Sept 202123B Lyndhurst Way Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9EN
Received 23 Sept 20212 Martins Close Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7HE
Received 23 Sept 2021Forge House Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0AT
Received 23 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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