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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.
4,003 approved · 1,364 refused · 194 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Telecommunications Station Thames Way Gravesend Kent DA11 9ND
Received 25 May 202257 Sun Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 5HQ
Received 25 May 202218 Stone Street Gravesend Kent DA11 0NH
Received 25 May 20226 Orchard Avenue Gravesend Kent DA11 7NX
Received 24 May 20226 Britannia Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 4RR
Received 26 May 2022Garage Block South Of Rembrandt Drive Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 26 May 202288 Central Avenue Gravesend Kent DA12 5BH
Received 26 May 2022La Clef Valley Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0DG
Received 26 May 202276 Pier Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9NA
Received 26 May 2022Higham Marshes Church Street Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7LS
Received 27 May 2022Robin Hill Bowesden Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3LA
Received 27 May 20221 Constable Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8NL
Received 27 May 202232 Cruden Road Gravesend Kent DA12 4HD
Received 30 May 202229 The Hill Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9EX
Received 30 May 202243 Singlewell Road Gravesend Kent DA11 7PU
Received 30 May 202271 St Dunstans Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 4BH
Received 30 May 2022San Francisco Taylors Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7JU
Received 30 May 2022Meopham Veterinary Surgery Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0QG
Received 31 May 202229C Damigos Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2LR
Received 31 May 202214 Vicarage Drive Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9HA
Received 31 May 20221 Cheneys Cottages Thong Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 4AA
Received 31 May 2022Laneside Norwood Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0YE
Received 1 Jun 2022124 Wellington Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1JE
Received 1 Jun 2022Land At Market Square And Horn Yard Car Parks New Swan Yard Gravesend DA12 2EN
Received 1 Jun 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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