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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.
3,964 approved · 1,358 refused · 193 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 Scratton Fields Cobham Gravesend Kent DA12 3AS
Received 7 Apr 2022Land At Market Square And Horn Yard Car Parks New Swan Yard Gravesend DA12 2EN
Received 7 Apr 2022The Mill House Mill Hill Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3HA
Received 7 Apr 202255 St Albans Close Gravesend Kent DA12 5SF
Received 8 Apr 2022Holly House Wrotham Road Culverstone Gravesend Kent DA13 0RE
Received 8 Apr 20226 The Avenue Gravesend Kent DA11 0NA
Received 8 Apr 20226 The Avenue Gravesend Kent DA11 0NA
Received 8 Apr 2022Unit J Imperial Retail Park Thames Way Gravesend Kent DA11 0DQ
Received 8 Apr 202267 Cerne Road Gravesend Kent DA12 4BN
Received 8 Apr 2022Joynes House New Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0AJ
Received 8 Apr 2022Joynes House New Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0AJ
Received 8 Apr 2022Joynes House New Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0AJ
Received 8 Apr 2022Joynes House New Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0AJ
Received 8 Apr 202218 Pitfield Drive Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0AY
Received 8 Apr 202246 Timber Bank Vigo Gravesend Kent DA13 0SE
Received 11 Apr 2022The Haven Brimstone Hill Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0BN
Received 11 Apr 2022128 Milton Road Gravesend Kent
Received 11 Apr 2022The White Lodge Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0QA
Received 11 Apr 202221 Grange Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0ET
Received 11 Apr 202222 The Drove Way Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9JZ
Received 8 Apr 2022WT Henley Building Land At Crete Hall Road Northfleet Kent
Received 5 Apr 2022Mayfield Grammar School Pelham Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0JE
Received 7 Apr 2022Land At Terance Butler Avenue Medway City Estate Rochester Medway ME2 4LX
Received 6 Apr 202235 The Drove Way Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9JY
Received 12 Apr 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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