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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.
4,159 approved · 1,398 refused · 199 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Apr 1983 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
28 Coutts Avenue Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3HJ
Received 14 Jun 202255 High Street Gravesend Kent DA11 0BB
Received 14 Jun 2022Keen Fork Ltd 148 Parrock Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1EY
Received 14 Jun 2022Owlswood Cottage Priestwood Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0DA
Received 15 Jun 202266 Norah Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7EW
Received 15 Jun 202235 Nursery Grove Gravesend Kent DA11 7BB
Received 16 Jun 2022Northfleet Embankment East Crete Hall Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 16 Jun 202232 Mead Road Gravesend Kent DA11 7PP
Received 17 Jun 2022Sunnydale Chalk Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7LA
Received 17 Jun 202210 Albion Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2SR
Received 17 Jun 2022Priesthood Priestwood Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0DA
Received 17 Jun 202253 South Hill Road Gravesend Kent DA12 1JX
Received 17 Jun 202236 Fleet Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8EE
Received 20 Jun 2022Culverstone Green Primary School Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0RF
Received 20 Jun 202283 The Avenue Gravesend Kent DA11 0LX
Received 21 Jun 2022St Peter And St Pauls Church East Milton Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2JL
Received 21 Jun 20225 Dover Road East Gravesend Kent DA11 0RQ
Received 21 Jun 202247 St Hildas Way Gravesend Kent DA12 4AL
Received 21 Jun 20228 Cheshunt Close Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0HU
Received 21 Jun 2022The Olive Tree Telegraph Hill Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7NW
Received 21 Jun 20225 Truro Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5RG
Received 21 Jun 202277 Jubilee Crescent Gravesend Kent DA12 4JQ
Received 21 Jun 202261 Boucher Drive Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7JA
Received 21 Jun 20227 Hollands Close Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3EH
Received 21 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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