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.
3,813 approved · 1,322 refused · 186 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
54 St James Avenue Gravesend Kent DA11 0EY
Received 25 Oct 202163 Aspdin Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8LZ
Received 25 Oct 2021Former Bailiffs Cottage Lower Higham Road Gravesend Kent
Received 25 Oct 2021The Barn Jeskyns Road Cobham Gravesend Kent DA13 9BL
Received 26 Oct 20217 Silver Road Gravesend Kent DA12 4JB
Received 26 Oct 202125 Reynolds Fields Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7LX
Received 26 Oct 2021Berth 40A Tilbury Freeport Tilbury Essex RM18 7EH
Received 26 Oct 202177 Hever Court Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5EG
Received 26 Oct 2021Willow Platt Hermitage Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7NF
Received 26 Oct 202140 Milton Hall Road Gravesend Kent DA12 1QW
Received 27 Oct 2021306 Thong Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 4LQ
Received 27 Oct 2021Croft View White Horse Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0UE
Received 27 Oct 202136 Mitchell Avenue Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8AX
Received 28 Oct 202153 Nickleby Road Gravesend Kent DA12 4UQ
Received 28 Oct 202110 St James Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0HE
Received 1 Nov 20218 Battle Street Cobham Gravesend Kent DA12 3DB
Received 1 Nov 2021Warren Hastings Court Clifton Marine Parade Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 1 Nov 2021245 Singlewell Road Gravesend Kent DA11 7RN
Received 1 Nov 2021Spar Stores 8 The Parade Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0JL
Received 1 Nov 2021Firle Longfield Road Longfield Kent DA3 7AP
Received 1 Nov 202116 Coldharbour Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8QB
Received 27 Oct 202114 Imperial Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 4LN
Received 27 Oct 2021345 Wrotham Road Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9EF
Received 1 Nov 2021343 Wrotham Road Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9EF
Received 1 Nov 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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