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.
3,814 approved · 1,323 refused · 186 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Imperial Wharf Clifton Marine Parade Gravesend Kent DA11 0DY
Received 8 Nov 202180 Vale Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8DA
Received 9 Nov 2021143 Dene Holm Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8LQ
Received 9 Nov 20219 Biddenden Way Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9DE
Received 9 Nov 20219 Haynes Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7HL
Received 5 Nov 20211B Ryecroft Longfield Dartford Kent
Received 9 Nov 20215 Fleet Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8EF
Received 9 Nov 2021Communication Station Adj Petrol Station Lower Higham Road Gravesend Kent
Received 10 Nov 202140 Freeman Road Gravesend Kent DA12 4EF
Received 9 Nov 202141 High Street Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9EZ
Received 10 Nov 2021The Hendleys The Ridgeway Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3LN
Received 10 Nov 202130 St Gregorys Crescent Gravesend Kent DA12 4JP
Received 11 Nov 202136 Malvina Avenue Gravesend Kent DA12 5AP
Received 10 Nov 2021Old Town Hall High Street Gravesend Kent DA11 0AZ
Received 12 Nov 2021Ellenor Coldharbour Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7HQ
Received 12 Nov 202164 Biddenden Way Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9DF
Received 12 Nov 202135 Dennis Road Gravesend Kent DA11 7NN
Received 12 Nov 20213 Sutherland Close Gravesend Kent DA12 4XJ
Received 12 Nov 20211 Cheneys Cottages Thong Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 4AA
Received 12 Nov 202135 Dennis Road Gravesend Kent DA11 7NN
Received 11 Nov 202110 St Johns Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7BY
Received 11 Nov 202129 Parrock Road Gravesend Kent DA12 1QE
Received 15 Nov 202127 Lesley Close Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9JS
Received 12 Nov 202145 Goodwood Crescent Gravesend Kent DA12 5EZ
Received 12 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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