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.
3,975 approved · 1,364 refused · 193 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
Holt Shaw South Of Green Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent
Received 21 Apr 202222 Dene Holm Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8LE
Received 22 Apr 20222 Old Road East Gravesend Kent DA12 1NG
Received 22 Apr 2022196 & 197 Parrock Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1EW
Received 22 Apr 2022Rear Of 8 Burch Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9NG
Received 22 Apr 20227 Manor Road Cobham Gravesend Kent DA13 9BW
Received 22 Apr 202242 Franklin Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5SX
Received 22 Apr 2022Grove Farm Gravesend Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7NX
Received 22 Apr 202240 Earl Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7AF
Received 22 Apr 2022156 Wrotham Road Gravesend Kent DA11 7LB
Received 25 Apr 2022Old Post Office The Street Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3EA
Received 25 Apr 2022Glen View House Leith Park Road Gravesend Kent DA12 1LW
Received 25 Apr 2022Side Garden Of 1 Elmfield Close Gravesend Kent DA11 0LP
Received 25 Apr 202214 Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9JF
Received 26 Apr 2022165 St Hildas Way Gravesend Kent DA12 4AZ
Received 26 Apr 202219 Thong Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 4LB
Received 26 Apr 2022Gravesend Grammar School For Boys Church Walk Gravesend Kent DA12 2PR
Received 26 Apr 2022Gravesend Grammar School For Boys Church Walk Gravesend Kent DA12 2PR
Received 26 Apr 2022Gravesend Grammar School For Boys Church Walk Gravesend Kent DA12 2PR
Received 26 Apr 202222 - 23 New Road Gravesend Kent
Received 27 Apr 202210 St Katherines Cottages Forge Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3DR
Received 27 Apr 2022Elmscroft Steeles Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0QD
Received 28 Apr 20224 Pine Avenue Gravesend Kent DA12 1QZ
Received 28 Apr 2022Southleigh Gravesend Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7DX
Received 28 Apr 2022Records 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage