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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.
3,994 approved · 1,364 refused · 193 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
42A Hollybush Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5QQ
Received 16 May 202271 Lennox Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0ES
Received 16 May 20225 Masefield Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8EL
Received 16 May 2022Kenilworth 18 Gwynn Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8AR
Received 16 May 2022Kenilworth 18 Gwynn Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8AR
Received 13 May 2022Graveney Lodge Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0AQ
Received 17 May 2022Little Westwood Thong Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 4AD
Received 17 May 202288 Cross Lane East Gravesend Kent DA12 5HB
Received 17 May 202265 Pine Avenue Gravesend Kent DA12 1QY
Received 16 May 2022Stone Lodge Complex Cotton Lane Stone Kent
Received 16 May 202230 South Hill Road Gravesend Kent DA12 1LA
Received 16 May 2022Land Former Northfleet Cement Works The Shore Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9AN
Received 17 May 2022Unit 6 Rod End Estate Northfleet Industrial Estate Lower Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9SN
Received 17 May 2022Starwood Pear Tree Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3JU
Received 18 May 202244 Cambria Crescent Gravesend Kent DA12 4NH
Received 18 May 202243 St Dunstans Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 4BH
Received 19 May 202216 Farmcroft Gravesend Kent DA11 7LT
Received 19 May 202235 Nursery Grove Gravesend Kent DA11 7BB
Received 19 May 2022Telecommunications Mast Swillers Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3ED
Received 18 May 202263 Harden Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7DL
Received 20 May 2022Abbey Farm Barn Church Street Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7LS
Received 20 May 202252 Packham Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7JH
Received 20 May 20225 Dorset Crescent Gravesend Kent DA12 4BU
Received 20 May 202234 The Rise Gravesend Kent DA12 4BX
Received 20 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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