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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.
4,272 approved · 1,421 refused · 203 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Apr 1983 to 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9A Constitution Hill Gravesend Kent DA12 1JT
Received 23 Sept 2022Upper Floors 151 Milton Road Gravesend Kent
Received 23 Sept 2022Badgers Wood Valley Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent
Received 23 Sept 2022Green Court Dillywood Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7NT
Received 23 Sept 2022122 Timber Bank Vigo Gravesend Kent DA13 0SW
Received 23 Sept 2022Green Court Dillywood Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7NT
Received 23 Sept 2022Former Northfleet Cement Works The Shore Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9AN
Received 22 Sept 2022Former Northfleet Cement Works The Shore Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9AN
Received 22 Sept 2022TJ's 15 Milton Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2RF
Received 26 Sept 2022Optimus Access Ltd Highfield Works Site E Dering Industrial Park Dering Way Gravesend Kent DA12 2FP
Received 26 Sept 202269 Old Road East Gravesend Kent DA12 1NW
Received 26 Sept 20225 Cedar Close Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0ED
Received 26 Sept 202251 St Hildas Way Gravesend Kent DA12 4AL
Received 27 Sept 202292 The Drove Way Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9JZ
Received 27 Sept 2022Gailes Dillywood Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7NT
Received 27 Sept 202212 Millfield Drive Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8BH
Received 27 Sept 2022Old Barn Bungalow Woodhill Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0DJ
Received 27 Sept 20222 Beaumont Drive Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9NW
Received 27 Sept 2022Shornemead Level Crossing Queens Farm Road Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3HU
Received 27 Sept 202230 Hadley Close Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0NX
Received 28 Sept 20226 The Coach Drive Vigo Gravesend Kent DA13 0SZ
Received 28 Sept 202266 Tradescant Drive Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0EF
Received 28 Sept 202239 St Georges Crescent Gravesend Kent DA12 4AR
Received 28 Sept 2022Jolly Drayman Wellington Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1JA
Received 29 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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