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.
4,284 approved · 1,427 refused · 203 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Apr 1983 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Clarendon Royal Hotel Royal Pier Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2BE
Received 24 Oct 2022Unit 4 Trade City Coldharbour Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8AB
Received 24 Oct 2022Courtlands Gravesend Road Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3JR
Received 24 Oct 202288 Valley Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 5RX
Received 24 Oct 2022Ebbsfleet Rainbow Centre Rose Street Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9EQ
Received 24 Oct 2022Meadow Court Dillywood Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7NT
Received 24 Oct 202218 Brook Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8RG
Received 21 Oct 202227 South Hill Road Gravesend Kent DA12 1LA
Received 24 Oct 202292 Dene Holm Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8LN
Received 24 Oct 202286 Whinfell Way Gravesend Kent DA12 4SE
Received 24 Oct 2022Alkerden Market Centre Eastern Quarry Watling Street Swanscombe Dartford Kent
Received 24 Oct 2022WER Packing Supplies Unit J1 Lower Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9BL
Received 25 Oct 2022The Surgery 30 Old Road West Gravesend Kent DA11 0LL
Received 25 Oct 2022124 Wellington Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1JE
Received 25 Oct 202211 Ash Crescent Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7BA
Received 25 Oct 202267 Cheyne Walk Meopham Kent DA13 0PP
Received 25 Oct 2022Car Park C Ebbsfleet International Station International Way Ebbsfleet Valley Dartford Kent
Received 20 Oct 202215 Sheppy Place Gravesend Kent DA12 1BT
Received 26 Oct 20225 - 10 New Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0AA
Received 26 Oct 20225 - 10 New Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0AA
Received 26 Oct 2022Kingsbridge Court 25 - 26 High Street Gravesend Kent
Received 26 Oct 2022Northfield House Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0AQ
Received 27 Oct 2022Cobham Primary School The Street Cobham Gravesend Kent DA12 3BN
Received 27 Oct 20227 Leith Park Road Gravesend Kent DA12 1LN
Received 27 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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