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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.
4,310 approved · 1,439 refused · 206 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
77 Tennyson Walk Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8LD
Received 30 Jan 2023153 Whitehill Road Gravesend Kent
Received 30 Jan 2023The Olive Tree Telegraph Hill Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7NW
Received 30 Jan 202319 The Street Cobham Gravesend Kent DA12 3BW
Received 31 Jan 20237 The Hill Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 1 Feb 20237 The Hill Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 1 Feb 202320 Hillingdon Road Gravesend Kent DA11 7LG
Received 1 Feb 2023St Johns Ambulance Brigade H Q Armoury Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 1NB
Received 1 Feb 2023Accommodate UK Ltd 163 Windmill Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1AH
Received 1 Feb 2023Walnut Hill Lodge Walnut Hill Road Gravesend Kent DA13 9HL
Received 1 Feb 202332 Cruden Road Gravesend Kent DA12 4HD
Received 1 Feb 2023Heysbrig Whitepost Lane Culverstone Gravesend Kent DA13 0TZ
Received 2 Feb 202334 Churchside Vigo Gravesend Kent DA13 0SJ
Received 2 Feb 202319 Thong Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 4LB
Received 6 Feb 2023214 Springhead Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8HS
Received 6 Feb 202320 Ariel Close Gravesend Kent DA12 4ND
Received 6 Feb 202312 - 14 High Street Gravesend Kent
Received 6 Feb 2023173 Singlewell Road Gravesend Kent DA11 7QA
Received 6 Feb 20236 Rowmarsh Close Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8NF
Received 6 Feb 2023112 Vigilant Way Gravesend Kent DA12 4PN
Received 6 Feb 202340 The Coppice Vigo Gravesend Kent DA13 0SB
Received 6 Feb 202321 The Street Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3EA
Received 7 Feb 2023268 Thong Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 4LQ
Received 7 Feb 202317 Gwynn Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8AP
Received 7 Feb 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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