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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.
4,321 approved · 1,444 refused · 206 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Kent Barn East Of Gore Green Road Gore Green Road Higham Rochester Kent
Received 2 Mar 202321 Grange Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0ET
Received 2 Mar 2023145 Waterdales Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8HY
Received 2 Mar 202314 Pitfield Drive Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0AY
Received 2 Mar 202347 Truro Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5RQ
Received 2 Mar 2023107 Highview Vigo Gravesend Kent DA13 0TQ
Received 2 Mar 2023Bronte School 7 Pelham Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0HN
Received 3 Mar 2023Bronte School 7 Pelham Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0HN
Received 3 Mar 202355 Harden Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7DL
Received 3 Mar 202312 - 14 High Street Gravesend Kent
Received 3 Mar 2023Clifton Slipways West Street Gravesend Kent
Received 3 Mar 2023Buildings To The North Of Hill Farm Taylors Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7JT
Received 3 Mar 2023Ascot Arms Central Avenue Gravesend Kent DA12 5AW
Received 3 Mar 2023374 Singlewell Road Gravesend Kent DA11 7RZ
Received 6 Mar 202342 Denton Court Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2HS
Received 6 Mar 2023Seacon Terminals Ltd Tower Wharf Lower Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9BD
Received 6 Mar 202365 Lewis Road Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9JQ
Received 6 Mar 2023The Limes 99A Old Road East Gravesend Kent DA12 1NX
Received 3 Mar 2023Darnley Court 43 Darnley Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0SD
Received 3 Mar 2023Former Public Conveniences Perry Street Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 2 Mar 20239 St Johns Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7BZ
Received 2 Mar 2023May Avenue Industrial Estate May Avenue Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 14 Feb 20237 Orchard Drive Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0LN
Received 6 Mar 2023Land Adjacent To Home Farm Cottage School Lane Higham Rochester Kent
Received 7 Mar 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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