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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.
3,903 approved · 1,344 refused · 189 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Land East Of 58 Dover Road Five Ash Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0RE
Received 13 Jan 2022Land At Thames Way Northfleet Kent
Received 12 Jan 2022Lillechurch Farm Lillechurch Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7HW
Received 12 Jan 2022104 Whitehill Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5PR
Received 12 Jan 2022104 Whitehill Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5PR
Received 12 Jan 202234 Woodfield Avenue Gravesend Kent DA11 7QG
Received 14 Jan 20226 Cerne Road Gravesend Kent DA12 4BW
Received 14 Jan 202233 Tradescant Drive Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0EL
Received 14 Jan 2022Highbank Mill Hill Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3HA
Received 17 Jan 20225 Hillary Avenue Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8NS
Received 17 Jan 2022127 London Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9LE
Received 17 Jan 2022Barn Cottage Old Watling Street Higham Rochester Kent ME2 3UG
Received 17 Jan 202218 Apsledene Gravesend Kent DA12 5ED
Received 17 Jan 202230 Darnley Street Gravesend Kent DA11 0PJ
Received 14 Jan 2022Whiteoaks Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0AU
Received 14 Jan 2022Valley Side 53 Rhododendron Avenue Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0TU
Received 18 Jan 2022Glen Cottage 6 Henley Street Luddesdown Gravesend Kent DA13 0XB
Received 18 Jan 2022Glasbaile Norwood Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0YE
Received 18 Jan 202240 Milton Hall Road Gravesend Kent DA12 1QW
Received 18 Jan 2022The Barn Jeskyns Road Cobham Gravesend Kent DA13 9BL
Received 18 Jan 2022Open Space St Patricks Gardens Gravesend Kent DA12 4AN
Received 18 Jan 202248 Astra Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 4PY
Received 18 Jan 202218 Brooke Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 4XP
Received 18 Jan 202220 Dobson Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5TE
Received 18 Jan 2022Records 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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