Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
4,206 approved · 1,408 refused · 203 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
66 Granville Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0JT
Received 16 Aug 2022Singlewell Infrastructure Maintenance Depot Henhurst Road Cobham Gravesend Kent DA12 3AN
Received 16 Aug 20222A Darnley Street Gravesend Kent DA11 0PJ
Received 17 Aug 2022Dillybank Dillywood Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7NT
Received 17 Aug 202248 Pelham Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0HZ
Received 18 Aug 202248 Pelham Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0HZ
Received 18 Aug 202211 The Lapwings Gravesend Kent DA12 5QH
Received 18 Aug 2022Gravesend Grammar School For Boys Church Walk Gravesend Kent DA12 2PR
Received 18 Aug 202220 Lime Avenue Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9PY
Received 19 Aug 20226 Genesta Glade Gravesend Kent DA12 4PR
Received 19 Aug 20228 Brice Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7AG
Received 19 Aug 202233 Havengore Avenue Gravesend Kent DA12 2JT
Received 22 Aug 2022Double Oaks Ridge Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0DP
Received 22 Aug 2022The George Inn Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0AH
Received 22 Aug 2022179A Wrotham Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0QJ
Received 22 Aug 2022Mieszko Food City (Watford) Ltd 51 - 53 High Street Gravesend Kent DA11 0AY
Received 22 Aug 2022Lark Rise Pondfield Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3LD
Received 22 Aug 202223 Pine Avenue Gravesend Kent DA12 1QY
Received 22 Aug 2022Former Gravesend And North Kent Hospital (M Block) Clifton Road Gravesend Kent
Received 23 Aug 202211 Dorset Crescent Gravesend Kent DA12 4BU
Received 23 Aug 20226 Tamesis Strand Gravesend Kent DA12 4QU
Received 23 Aug 202222 Pitfield Drive Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0AY
Received 23 Aug 202214 Edmund Close Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0NB
Received 23 Aug 20221 Sirdar Strand Gravesend Kent DA12 4LP
Received 23 Aug 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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