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.
3,923 approved · 1,353 refused · 190 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 St Johns Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7BY
Received 10 Feb 2022Travis Perkins Thames Way Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9QJ
Received 11 Feb 202297 Darnley Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0SQ
Received 11 Feb 2022Stables South Street Farm Wrotham Road South Street Meopham Kent
Received 11 Feb 2022Bower Cottage Sole Street Cobham Gravesend Kent DA12 3AX
Received 14 Feb 2022Bower Cottage Sole Street Cobham Gravesend Kent DA12 3AX
Received 14 Feb 2022Long Mead Tanyard Hill Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3EN
Received 14 Feb 202212 Cruden Road Gravesend Kent DA12 4HD
Received 14 Feb 202212 Cruden Road Gravesend Kent DA12 4HD
Received 14 Feb 202212 Cruden Road Gravesend Kent DA12 4HD
Received 14 Feb 2022145 Vale Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8BX
Received 14 Feb 202222 - 25 New Road Gravesend Kent
Received 11 Feb 202267 Stonebridge Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9BA
Received 15 Feb 202211 Ascot Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5AL
Received 15 Feb 20221 Saxon Close Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8HA
Received 15 Feb 2022214 Springhead Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8HS
Received 16 Feb 202236 All Saints Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8RN
Received 16 Feb 20222 Spring Grove Gravesend Kent DA12 1LL
Received 15 Feb 2022Unit J Imperial Retail Park Thames Way Gravesend Kent DA11 0DQ
Received 17 Feb 202250 Wrotham Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0QF
Received 17 Feb 2022The Old Dairy Thong Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 4AD
Received 15 Feb 20228 Primrose Terrace Gravesend Kent DA12 1JN
Received 15 Feb 2022Maycroft Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0HT
Received 18 Feb 2022Revitalize 168 Windmill Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1AH
Received 18 Feb 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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