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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.
4,160 approved · 1,399 refused · 199 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Overcliffe Gravesend Kent DA11 0EF
Received 21 Jun 2022Black Horse Cottage Round Street Cobham Gravesend Kent DA13 9AY
Received 21 Jun 20221 & 3 Bull Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7LT
Received 22 Jun 202217 Lynton Road South Gravesend Kent DA11 7NF
Received 22 Jun 2022172 Rochester Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2JF
Received 22 Jun 20221 Eden Villas Round Street Cobham Gravesend Kent DA13 9AY
Received 22 Jun 2022Woodthorpe Whitehill Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0NS
Received 23 Jun 202219 Thong Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 4LB
Received 23 Jun 2022Beech House The Beeches Sole Street Cobham Gravesend Kent DA13 9BT
Received 23 Jun 2022105 Darnley Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0SQ
Received 23 Jun 2022218 Rochester Road Gravesend Kent DA12 4TY
Received 23 Jun 202223 Vicarage Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 4TF
Received 23 Jun 2022Dream Days For You Ltd Royal British Legion Hall Trinity Road Gravesend Kent
Received 23 Jun 2022Jackson Family Holdings Ltd Unit K6 Northfleet Industrial Estate Lower Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9BL
Received 24 Jun 2022Wickes Building Supplies Ltd Stuart Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0BZ
Received 24 Jun 2022Woodthorpe Whitehill Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0NS
Received 24 Jun 202223 Vicarage Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 4TF
Received 23 Jun 20227 Normans Close Gravesend Kent DA11 0EX
Received 23 Jun 2022The Three Crutches Old Watling Street Higham Rochester Kent ME2 3UG
Received 13 Jun 20222 Salcote Road Gravesend Kent DA12 4RB
Received 27 Jun 2022Dairy Farm House Church Street Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7LD
Received 27 Jun 202287 Vigilant Way Gravesend Kent DA12 4PJ
Received 27 Jun 202289 Vigilant Way Gravesend Kent DA12 4PJ
Received 27 Jun 202215 & 17 Westfield Close Gravesend Kent DA12 5EH
Received 27 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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