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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.
3,976 approved · 1,364 refused · 193 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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.
Robin Hill Bowesden Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3LA
Received 28 Apr 20222 Westfield Close Gravesend Kent DA12 5EH
Received 29 Apr 2022Unit J Imperial Retail Park Thames Way Gravesend Kent DA11 0DQ
Received 29 Apr 2022130 Old Road East Gravesend Kent DA12 1PF
Received 29 Apr 2022Garage Block And Part Of Amenity Space Adjacent To Constable Road And Rembrandt Drive Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8NG
Received 29 Apr 2022UK Power Networks Electrical Substation 'Meopham' Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0ET
Received 29 Apr 2022The Mercy Centre Rose Street Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9EQ
Received 3 May 202251 St Hildas Way Gravesend Kent DA12 4AL
Received 3 May 2022White Horse Farm Equestrian Centre White Horse Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0UE
Received 3 May 20222 Mayfield Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 0JP
Received 3 May 202211 - 12 East Milton Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2JL
Received 3 May 2022Stables Cottage Hermitage Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7NE
Received 3 May 2022Telecommunications Mast Ordnance Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2BT
Received 29 Apr 2022Telecommunications Mast Stonebridge Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9BJ
Received 29 Apr 2022Rutherford Stables Hermitage Road Higham Rochester Kent
Received 4 May 20221 Warwick Gardens Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0PJ
Received 4 May 20225 Arnold Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5PU
Received 4 May 202223 Vicarage Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 4TF
Received 4 May 20227 Vigilant Way Gravesend Kent DA12 4PS
Received 4 May 2022104 Havelock Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0JL
Received 4 May 202253 Kent Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0SZ
Received 5 May 2022Land At 270-340 Valley Drive Gravesend Kent
Received 5 May 2022Happy Shopper 9 The Hive Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9DE
Received 5 May 2022Happy Shopper 9 The Hive Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9DE
Received 5 May 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.
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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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