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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4,303 approved · 1,439 refused · 205 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
37 Cheyne Walk Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0PF
Received 23 Jan 2023Flint Cottage Whitepost Lane Culverstone Gravesend Kent DA13 0TZ
Received 23 Jan 2023Unit 6 Rod End Estate Northfleet Industrial Estate Lower Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9SN
Received 20 Jan 2023Former Site Of 27 Old Perry Street Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 24 Jan 202314 St Hildas Way Gravesend Kent DA12 4AP
Received 24 Jan 20238 Sandown Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5EN
Received 24 Jan 202332 Cruden Road Gravesend Kent DA12 4HD
Received 25 Jan 202355 Mitchell Avenue Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8AU
Received 25 Jan 2023Briarlea Beechwood Drive Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0TX
Received 25 Jan 202329 Mitchell Avenue Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8AU
Received 25 Jan 20231 Hudson Close Gravesend Kent DA12 5FB
Received 25 Jan 202348 Arthur Street & 53 Cutmore Street Gravesend Kent DA11 0PR
Received 26 Jan 2023Former Maxfields Storage Bentley Street Gravesend Kent
Received 26 Jan 2023104 & 106 Jubilee Crescent Gravesend Kent DA12 4AE
Received 26 Jan 2023Lark Rise Pondfield Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3LD
Received 27 Jan 2023Nurstead Hill Farm Nurstead Lane Longfield Hill Longfield Gravesend Kent DA3 7AN
Received 27 Jan 2023Natwest 29 - 30 King Street Gravesend Kent DA12 2XX
Received 27 Jan 20237 The Turnstones Gravesend Kent DA12 5QD
Received 27 Jan 2023145 Downs Road Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9HD
Received 27 Jan 2023Mitford House Wrotham Road Culverstone Gravesend Kent DA13 0QW
Received 27 Jan 202318 Nash Croft Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8SY
Received 30 Jan 2023246 Rochester Road Gravesend Kent DA12 4TZ
Received 30 Jan 2023130 Old Road East Gravesend Kent DA12 1PF
Received 30 Jan 202310 Allens Mead Gravesend Kent DA12 2JB
Received 30 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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