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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.
4,333 approved · 1,446 refused · 207 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Grange Travel Limited Canal Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2RS
Received 14 Mar 2023Furzy Lea Bowesden Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3LA
Received 14 Mar 2023Barn Adjacent To Bailiffs House Camer Park Camer Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0XT
Received 14 Mar 2023AP Accountax Ltd 22 Queen Street Gravesend Kent DA12 2EE
Received 14 Mar 202349 Gouge Avenue Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8DP
Received 14 Mar 202311 - 13 Queen Street Gravesend Kent DA12 2EQ
Received 14 Mar 20231 Harvest Lane Gravesend Kent DA11 7GU
Received 14 Mar 202370 Chalky Bank Gravesend Kent DA11 7NY
Received 14 Mar 202317-19 Perry Street Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8RA
Received 14 Mar 202338 Windmill Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1BA
Received 15 Mar 202342 Beechwood Drive Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0TX
Received 15 Mar 2023Willow Platt Hermitage Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7NF
Received 16 Mar 20235 Brookside Road Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9JJ
Received 16 Mar 2023Site Of Former Police Station 133 Windmill Street Gravesend Kent
Received 16 Mar 2023Hope House Ridge Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0DP
Received 16 Mar 2023Tips N Toes 54 New Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0AD
Received 17 Mar 2023Three Links White Post Lane Cobham Gravesend Kent DA13 9AX
Received 17 Mar 2023Allington Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0HL
Received 20 Mar 202349 Marling Way Gravesend Kent DA12 4DW
Received 20 Mar 2023Distarti Rhododendron Avenue Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0TT
Received 20 Mar 202325 Ranelagh Gardens Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9NT
Received 20 Mar 2023Distarti Rhododendron Avenue Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0TT
Received 20 Mar 2023AP Accountax Ltd 22 Queen Street Gravesend Kent DA12 2EE
Received 20 Mar 2023Land Adjacent To Acorn Villa & Ripley's View Hermitage Road Higham Rochester ME3 7ND
Received 20 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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