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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.
4,303 approved · 1,438 refused · 205 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Telecommunications Station The Grove Gravesend Kent DA12 1DX
Received 10 Jan 2023Outside The Brambles Osney Way Gravesend DA12 2NB
Received 11 Jan 2023Blayney David Street Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0BT
Received 12 Jan 20236 Lacknut Cottages Wrotham Road Culverstone Gravesend Kent DA13 0RG
Received 12 Jan 2023Unit 14 Ebbsfleet Business Estate Stonebridge Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9DZ
Received 13 Jan 20239 Harden Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7HE
Received 13 Jan 202329 Cross Lane East Gravesend Kent DA12 5HD
Received 13 Jan 2023Garages Rear Of 55 London Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9JR
Received 16 Jan 2023Land Adjoining Wildacre Camer Road Meopham Gravesend Kent
Received 16 Jan 202382 Wilberforce Way Gravesend Kent DA12 5DH
Received 16 Jan 2023Clock Tower Service Station 139 Milton Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2RQ
Received 16 Jan 2023Garage Block 64 Peacock Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1EG
Received 16 Jan 202314 Marina Drive Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9LG
Received 16 Jan 20233 Golf Links Avenue Gravesend Kent DA11 7PA
Received 16 Jan 20237 Vigilant Way Gravesend Kent DA12 4PS
Received 18 Jan 2023Abbey Farm Church Street Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7LS
Received 18 Jan 2023The Robins Green Farm Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3HL
Received 18 Jan 2023Westcourt County Primary School Jubilee Crescent Gravesend Kent DA12 4JG
Received 19 Jan 202382A Hermitage Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7DD
Received 19 Jan 2023Land To The East Of Three Gables Walnut Hill Road Gravesend Kent DA13 9HL
Received 20 Jan 202342 Franklin Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5SX
Received 20 Jan 202316 Parrock Avenue Gravesend Kent DA12 1QQ
Received 20 Jan 202382 Snelling Avenue Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7ER
Received 20 Jan 202371 Lennox Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0ES
Received 23 Jan 2023Records 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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