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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.
4,261 approved · 1,419 refused · 203 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
1 Cobsdene Gravesend Kent DA12 5JB
Received 30 Aug 202255 Mitchell Avenue Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8AU
Received 31 Aug 2022Orchard Cottage 78 Old Road East Gravesend Kent DA12 1PE
Received 31 Aug 2022Davenpen Forge Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3DP
Received 31 Aug 2022The Orchards 23 Watling Street Gravesend Kent DA11 7NU
Received 31 Aug 202222 - 25 New Road Gravesend Kent
Received 1 Sept 20222 Chilton Drive Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7BW
Received 1 Sept 2022St Johns Ambulance Brigade H Q Armoury Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 1NB
Received 1 Sept 202228 Coutts Avenue Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3HJ
Received 1 Sept 2022The Old Parsonage Butchers Hill Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3EB
Received 1 Sept 2022Land East Of The Old Parsonage Butchers Hill Shorne Gravesend Kent
Received 1 Sept 2022The Orchards School Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7HP
Received 31 Aug 202276 Old Road West Gravesend Kent DA11 0LN
Received 1 Sept 20224 Waterworks Cottages Downs Road Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9HN
Received 1 Sept 2022Land At Harden Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7HF
Received 30 Aug 20225 Bramblebank Vigo Gravesend Kent DA13 0TF
Received 1 Sept 2022Land Between 29 And 31 The Street Shorne Gravesend Kent
Received 2 Sept 2022Trelowarren Norwood Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0YE
Received 2 Sept 2022Priesthood Priestwood Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0DA
Received 2 Sept 20228 Northumberland Road Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9JP
Received 5 Sept 202227 Old Perry Street Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8BT
Received 5 Sept 20229 Templar Drive Gravesend Kent DA11 7NS
Received 5 Sept 2022355 Wrotham Road Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9EF
Received 5 Sept 202246 Struttons Avenue Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7EJ
Received 2 Sept 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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