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.
3,802 approved · 1,320 refused · 186 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
95 Portland Avenue Gravesend Kent DA12 5HF
Received 11 Oct 202140 Goodwood Crescent Gravesend Kent DA12 5EL
Received 11 Oct 2021Old Pond Farm Dean Lane Harvel Gravesend Kent DA13 0BS
Received 12 Oct 202113 Hollybush Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5QG
Received 12 Oct 2021Optimus Access Ltd Highfield Works Site E Dering Industrial Park Dering Way Gravesend Kent DA12 2FP
Received 13 Oct 202124 Britannia Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 4RR
Received 13 Oct 202199 Old Road East Gravesend Kent DA12 1NX
Received 13 Oct 2021The Old Dairy Bocoda Hill Farm Wrotham Road South Street Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0QG
Received 13 Oct 202138 The Rise Gravesend Kent DA12 4BX
Received 13 Oct 20213 Hollybush Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5QG
Received 13 Oct 202137 Haynes Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7HL
Received 12 Oct 2021The Windmill Tavern 45 Shrubbery Road Gravesend Kent DA12 1JW
Received 14 Oct 202114 Scratton Fields Cobham Gravesend Kent DA12 3AS
Received 14 Oct 2021124 St Dunstans Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 4BQ
Received 15 Oct 2021Eastfield Farm Stables Heron Hill Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0DU
Received 18 Oct 2021Lomer Farm Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent
Received 18 Oct 2021Lomer Farm Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0AN
Received 18 Oct 202125 Evenden Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0HA
Received 18 Oct 202110 Crockenhall Way Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9DB
Received 18 Oct 202115 Cornwell Avenue Gravesend Kent DA12 5HS
Received 18 Oct 2021Old Pond Farm Dean Lane Harvel Gravesend Kent DA13 0BS
Received 15 Oct 2021Flat 1 Dolphin Court 95 Windmill Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1LH
Received 19 Oct 2021Little Acre Foxendown Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0AE
Received 19 Oct 202116 Grieves Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7JG
Received 19 Oct 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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