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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.
4,286 approved · 1,431 refused · 204 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Woodhill House Woodhill Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0DJ
Received 3 Nov 2022Joynes House New Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0AJ
Received 4 Nov 202283 The Avenue Gravesend Kent DA11 0LX
Received 4 Nov 20229 The Coach Drive Vigo Gravesend Kent DA13 0SZ
Received 4 Nov 20224 Wye Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5QT
Received 4 Nov 2022The Maltings Lower Higham Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2LY
Received 7 Nov 202211 The Lapwings Gravesend Kent DA12 5QH
Received 7 Nov 202223 Vicarage Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 4TF
Received 7 Nov 202283A Chalk Road Gravesend Kent DA12 4UT
Received 7 Nov 2022Furzy Lea Bowesden Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3LA
Received 3 Nov 2022RNLI Store Royal Terrace Pier Royal Pier Road Gravesend Kent
Received 8 Nov 202248 Pelham Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0HZ
Received 8 Nov 202213 The Grove Gravesend Kent DA12 1DX
Received 8 Nov 202246 Oaklands Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8PA
Received 8 Nov 2022Parish Church Of St John The Baptist Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent
Received 8 Nov 2022Rectory Cottage Springhead Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8HN
Received 8 Nov 2022Earl House Priestwood Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0DA
Received 9 Nov 2022Hope House Ridge Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0DP
Received 9 Nov 2022Elm Hollow Old Road East Gravesend Kent DA12 1NQ
Received 9 Nov 202260 Imperial Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 4LN
Received 9 Nov 2022Cherry Hay Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0QQ
Received 9 Nov 202271 Pepper Hill Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8EN
Received 8 Nov 2022Darnley Court 43 Darnley Road Gravesend Kent
Received 9 Nov 202224 Laurel Avenue Gravesend Kent DA12 5QP
Received 9 Nov 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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