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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.
4,167 approved · 1,399 refused · 199 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Site Known As Shawline House Burch Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 27 Jun 2022Pond Farm Cottage Harvel Street Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0DE
Received 27 Jun 2022Port Of London Authority London River House Royal Pier Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2BG
Received 27 Jun 202268 Jubilee Crescent Gravesend Kent DA12 4JH
Received 27 Jun 202219 Christianfields Avenue Gravesend Kent DA12 5NE
Received 27 Jun 2022Long Acre Rhododendron Avenue Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0TT
Received 27 Jun 2022Elm Hollow Old Road East Gravesend Kent DA12 1NQ
Received 27 Jun 202217 Westfield Close Gravesend Kent DA12 5EH
Received 27 Jun 202230C Old Road West Gravesend Kent DA11 0LJ
Received 27 Jun 202243 Singlewell Road Gravesend Kent DA11 7PU
Received 28 Jun 2022HSBC 84 New Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0AS
Received 28 Jun 2022HSBC 84 New Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0AS
Received 28 Jun 2022Ellenor Coldharbour Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7HQ
Received 28 Jun 202277 Hever Court Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5EG
Received 28 Jun 202249 Longfield Avenue Longfield Kent
Received 24 Jun 20221 The Yews Gravesend Kent DA12 1PA
Received 29 Jun 202221 Park Avenue Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8DW
Received 29 Jun 202278 Codrington Crescent Gravesend Kent DA12 5DD
Received 29 Jun 202293 Glen View Gravesend Kent DA12 1LS
Received 29 Jun 2022Castle Shaw Wrotham Road Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9EG
Received 29 Jun 2022Bali-Hai 8 Bycliffe Mews Bycliffe Terrace Gravesend Kent DA11 0JD
Received 30 Jun 2022100C Wrotham Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0QH
Received 30 Jun 2022Berth 40A Tilbury Freeport Tilbury Essex RM18 7EH
Received 23 Jun 202295 Timber Bank Vigo Gravesend Kent DA13 0SN
Received 30 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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