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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.
3,892 approved · 1,343 refused · 189 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
5 Fleet Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8EF
Received 22 Dec 2021Bevans Park The Shore Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 22 Dec 20215 Brookside Road Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9JJ
Received 22 Dec 20215 Brookside Road Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9JJ
Received 22 Dec 2021Shorne Recreation Ground The Ridgeway Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3LD
Received 22 Dec 202116 Dunkirk Close Gravesend Kent DA12 5ND
Received 23 Dec 202118 Goodwood Crescent Gravesend Kent DA12 5EL
Received 23 Dec 2021Gailes Dillywood Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7NT
Received 23 Dec 2021143 Wrotham Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0QL
Received 23 Dec 2021Nelson Road Sports Ground Nelson Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7EE
Received 23 Dec 20215 St Marks Avenue Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9LN
Received 24 Dec 202129 - 30 And 28 St Georges Square Gravesend Kent DA11 0TB
Received 24 Dec 20212 Martins Close Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7HE
Received 24 Dec 2021BRT Properties Kent Top Yard Hardys Corner 2 Vale Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 29 Dec 2021Atbara Gravesend Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7EQ
Received 29 Dec 2021The Oast House Dean Lane Harvel Gravesend Kent DA13 0BS
Received 29 Dec 20213 Cheshunt Close Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0HU
Received 29 Dec 20211 Barnfield Gravesend Kent DA11 7ND
Received 29 Dec 2021Cedarwood Longfield Avenue Gravesend Longfield Kent DA3 7LA
Received 29 Dec 2021Britannia Refined Metals Ltd Lower Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9BG
Received 23 Dec 202148 Pelham Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0HZ
Received 30 Dec 2021Flat 3 107 Windmill Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1BW
Received 30 Dec 202179 Ediva Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0ND
Received 23 Dec 202122 Southfield Shaw Park Homes Harvel Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0RH
Received 20 Dec 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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