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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.
4,297 approved · 1,436 refused · 204 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Joynes House New Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0AJ
Received 16 Dec 2022Tara Cottage Harvel Street Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0DE
Received 19 Dec 2022Pond Farm Cottage Harvel Street Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0DE
Received 19 Dec 2022Car Park C Ebbsfleet International Station International Way Ebbsfleet Valley Dartford Kent
Received 19 Dec 2022224 Singlewell Road Gravesend Kent DA11 7RE
Received 20 Dec 2022Ashley Down Nursing Home 29 Clarence Place Gravesend Kent DA12 1LD
Received 20 Dec 2022Starwood Pear Tree Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3JU
Received 20 Dec 2022Corner Cottage Round Street Cobham Gravesend Kent DA13 9BA
Received 20 Dec 2022Ashley Down Nursing Home 29 Clarence Place Gravesend Kent DA12 1LD
Received 20 Dec 2022Four Acres Dean Lane Harvel Gravesend Kent DA13 0BS
Received 20 Dec 2022Shorne Common Rough Woodlands Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3LN
Received 20 Dec 2022Marsh Farm Sewage Treatment Plant Fort Road Tilbury Essex
Received 20 Dec 2022The Coach House West Down Farm Shipley Hills Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0JP
Received 21 Dec 202268 Havelock Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0JG
Received 21 Dec 202214 Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9JF
Received 21 Dec 202222 Codrington Gardens Gravesend Kent DA12 5DB
Received 21 Dec 202214 Little Croft Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9DH
Received 21 Dec 202236 - 38 The Street Cobham Gravesend Kent DA12 3BZ
Received 22 Dec 2022Meadow Cottage School Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7JG
Received 22 Dec 2022Distarti Rhododendron Avenue Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0TT
Received 22 Dec 2022Distarti Rhododendron Avenue Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0TT
Received 22 Dec 2022Distarti Rhododendron Avenue Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0TT
Received 22 Dec 20223 Park Cottages Tanyard Hill Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3LF
Received 23 Dec 2022Land Adjacent And To The Rear Of Norwood Farm House Norwood Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0YF
Received 23 Dec 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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