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.
4,276 approved · 1,422 refused · 203 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
48 Timber Bank Vigo Gravesend Kent DA13 0SE
Received 29 Sept 20225 Willow Walk Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0QS
Received 29 Sept 2022The Beeches 5 Sarsens Close Cobham Gravesend Kent DA12 3DA
Received 29 Sept 2022The Thai Food Supermarket 18 Milton Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2RF
Received 30 Sept 2022St Peter And St Pauls Church East Milton Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2JL
Received 3 Oct 202248 Jellicoe Avenue Gravesend Kent DA12 5HT
Received 3 Oct 202266 Frobisher Way Gravesend Kent DA12 4RA
Received 3 Oct 202214 Chalky Bank Gravesend Kent DA11 7NY
Received 30 Sept 202235 Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9JE
Received 30 Sept 2022Carl Ekman House Tooley Street Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 4 Oct 202225 Coutts Avenue Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3HJ
Received 3 Oct 2022Northfleet Harbourside - Land Surrounding Ebbsfleet United Football Club, Stonebridge Road, Northfleet
Received 4 Oct 2022Green Hollow Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0HX
Received 5 Oct 202229 Cross Lane East Gravesend Kent DA12 5HD
Received 5 Oct 20221 Edmund Close Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0NB
Received 5 Oct 2022Parish Church Of St John The Baptist Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent
Received 5 Oct 2022Land South Of Melliker Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent
Received 6 Oct 202291 Whitehill Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5PL
Received 6 Oct 202289 Timber Bank Vigo Gravesend Kent DA13 0SN
Received 6 Oct 202214 Royal Pier Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2BD
Received 7 Oct 2022Clarendon Royal Hotel Royal Pier Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2BE
Received 7 Oct 202278 Codrington Crescent Gravesend Kent DA12 5DD
Received 7 Oct 2022223 Dover Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9QN
Received 10 Oct 202238 Parrock Road Gravesend Kent DA12 1PZ
Received 10 Oct 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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