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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.
4,002 approved · 1,364 refused · 194 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Old Dairy Bocoda Hill Farm Wrotham Road South Street Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0QG
Received 23 May 2022Shorne Mead Pear Tree Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3JT
Received 23 May 2022Land At Coldharbour Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 24 May 202213 The Grove Gravesend Kent DA12 1DX
Received 24 May 2022253 Singlewell Road Gravesend Kent DA11 7RN
Received 24 May 2022Garage Block South Of Rembrandt Drive Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 24 May 2022Former Site Of Daymer Green Farm Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent
Received 24 May 202240 Wrotham Road Gravesend Kent
Received 24 May 2022Langton House Meopham Green Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0PY
Received 24 May 2022Tanners Grange Tanyard Hill Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3EN
Received 24 May 202250 Wrotham Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0QF
Received 24 May 2022White Lodge Nash Street Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 9AA
Received 25 May 2022Red Tiles Pear Tree Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3JX
Received 25 May 202271 Wilberforce Way Gravesend Kent DA12 5DJ
Received 25 May 202271 Wilberforce Way Gravesend Kent DA12 5DJ
Received 25 May 2022Triple Oak Newlands Lane Culverstone Gravesend Kent DA13 0RD
Received 25 May 202253 Hollybush Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5QG
Received 25 May 2022201 Highview Vigo Gravesend Kent DA13 0UU
Received 25 May 202246 Whitehill Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 5LZ
Received 25 May 20226 Russell Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2RT
Received 25 May 202271 Wilberforce Way Gravesend Kent DA12 5DJ
Received 24 May 202271 Wilberforce Way Gravesend Kent DA12 5DJ
Received 25 May 202253 Hollybush Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5QG
Received 25 May 20221 Providence Cottages Crutches Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7DL
Received 25 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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