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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.
3,807 approved · 1,320 refused · 186 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
53 Nickleby Road Gravesend Kent DA12 4UQ
Received 19 Oct 202173 Parrock Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1HF
Received 19 Oct 202117 The Knole Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9DJ
Received 19 Oct 202137 Upper Avenue Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9DA
Received 19 Oct 2021G And M Motors 85 Milton Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2PP
Received 19 Oct 202126 St Georges Crescent Gravesend Kent DA12 4AR
Received 20 Oct 2021Land At Market Square And Horn Yard Car Parks New Swan Yard Gravesend DA12 2EN
Received 20 Oct 2021Land At Market Square And Horn Yard Car Parks New Swan Yard Gravesend DA12 2EN
Received 20 Oct 2021Land At Market Square And Horn Yard Car Parks New Swan Yard Gravesend DA12 2EN
Received 20 Oct 202125 Coutts Avenue Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3HJ
Received 20 Oct 202150 Wrotham Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0QF
Received 21 Oct 20212 Arcadia Road Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9EH
Received 21 Oct 202130 Thomas Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 5PZ
Received 21 Oct 202130 The Street Cobham Gravesend Kent DA12 3BZ
Received 21 Oct 202130 Thomas Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 5PZ
Received 21 Oct 2021Malt Shovel Cottage Canal Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7HU
Received 22 Oct 2021Open Space St Patricks Gardens Gravesend Kent DA12 4AN
Received 22 Oct 202163 Aspdin Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8LZ
Received 22 Oct 202163 Aspdin Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8LZ
Received 21 Oct 20211B Tivoli Mews Windmill Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1QU
Received 21 Oct 2021Cumloden Pear Tree Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3JZ
Received 25 Oct 2021Taralee Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0HP
Received 25 Oct 202154 St James Avenue Gravesend Kent DA11 0EY
Received 22 Oct 2021137 Barr Road Gravesend Kent DA12 4DX
Received 22 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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