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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.
3,823 approved · 1,325 refused · 187 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Walmers Avenue Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7EJ
Received 24 Nov 2021Copperfields 42 Villa Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7BX
Received 24 Nov 20212A Landseer Avenue Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8NN
Received 24 Nov 2021Telecommunication Mast At Colewood Reservoir Watling Street Cobham Gravesend Kent
Received 23 Nov 2021Northfleet School For Girls Hall Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8AQ
Received 24 Nov 202131 South Hill Road Gravesend Kent DA12 1LA
Received 23 Nov 202131A South Hill Road Gravesend Kent DA12 1LA
Received 23 Nov 2021Bramlea Sole Street Cobham Gravesend Kent DA12 3AY
Received 23 Nov 202111 Cirrus Crescent Gravesend Kent DA12 4QS
Received 25 Nov 20211 Foxbury Manor Old Watling Street Higham Rochester Kent ME2 3UG
Received 25 Nov 202146 Whitehill Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 5LZ
Received 25 Nov 202118 Ridgeway Avenue Gravesend Kent DA12 5BB
Received 25 Nov 2021Land Known As Greenacre Lockyers Hill Luddesdown Kent
Received 25 Nov 202135 The Street Cobham Gravesend Kent DA12 3BX
Received 26 Nov 2021Charam Rhododendron Avenue Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0TU
Received 26 Nov 2021Pine Glen David Street Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0BT
Received 26 Nov 2021Millers Farm Gravesend Road Fairseat Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7JR
Received 29 Nov 2021Meopham Tennis Club Tennis Courts Village Hall Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent
Received 29 Nov 20215 Lake Drive Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7LZ
Received 29 Nov 202115 Giles Field Gravesend Kent DA12 2RB
Received 26 Nov 2021Serenity Beauty Rooms 1 - 2 Darnley Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0RU
Received 29 Nov 2021Clements Reach Cottage Shipley Hills Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0AD
Received 29 Nov 202117 Dashwood Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7LY
Received 29 Nov 2021Ringland Pear Tree Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3JS
Received 29 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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