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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.
4,189 approved · 1,404 refused · 202 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ellenor Coldharbour Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7HQ
Received 18 Jul 2022The Red House Tanyard Hill Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3EN
Received 18 Jul 2022Cherry Hay Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0QQ
Received 18 Jul 2022Joynes House New Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0AJ
Received 19 Jul 202224 Chilton Drive Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7BW
Received 19 Jul 202210 Wingfield Road Gravesend Kent DA12 1BS
Received 19 Jul 2022Silk Bar 1 Parrock Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1EW
Received 20 Jul 202233 Barr Road Gravesend Kent DA12 4DU
Received 20 Jul 2022Timberlee Whitehill Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0NT
Received 20 Jul 202247 Truro Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5RQ
Received 21 Jul 2022Fleethouse Beechwood Drive Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0TX
Received 21 Jul 202210 Windsor Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5BN
Received 21 Jul 2022Graveney Lodge Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0AQ
Received 21 Jul 2022Kenilworth 18 Gwynn Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8AR
Received 21 Jul 202223 Vicarage Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 4TF
Received 22 Jul 202276 Pier Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9NA
Received 22 Jul 2022Rose Cottage Pear Tree Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3JZ
Received 22 Jul 2022Prince Albert 26 Wrotham Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0PW
Received 25 Jul 20225 Crown Green Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3DT
Received 25 Jul 2022Land At Market Square And Horn Yard Car Parks New Swan Yard Gravesend DA12 2EN
Received 25 Jul 202230 & 31 Overcliffe Gravesend Kent DA11 0EH
Received 25 Jul 202257 Beechwood Drive Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0TX
Received 25 Jul 202271 St Dunstans Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 4BH
Received 25 Jul 202210 Westwood Gravesend Kent DA11 7EX
Received 25 Jul 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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