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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4,333 approved · 1,446 refused · 207 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Kimberly Clark Ltd Water Tower Northfleet Mill Crete Hall Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9AD
Received 15 Mar 202353 Coldharbour Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8AF
Received 21 Mar 2023157 Milton Road Gravesend Kent
Received 21 Mar 2023157 Milton Road Gravesend Kent
Received 21 Mar 202310 Brenchley Avenue Gravesend Kent DA11 7RQ
Received 21 Mar 20239 Hornbeams Vigo Gravesend Kent DA13 0TA
Received 21 Mar 2023Warren Farm Swillers Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent
Received 22 Mar 202320 Ash Crescent Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7BA
Received 22 Mar 2023Former Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara Clarence Place Gravesend Kent
Received 22 Mar 202390D Windmill Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1LH
Received 22 Mar 2023Land South Of Buckland Road Cliffe Rochester Medway
Received 14 Mar 2023Land Adjacent And To The Rear Of Norwood Farm House Norwood Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0YF
Received 23 Mar 2023Chestnut Lodge Whitepost Lane Culverstone Gravesend Kent DA13 0TW
Received 23 Mar 2023Gads Hill House School Gravesend Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7PA
Received 23 Mar 202332 Woodfield Avenue Gravesend Kent DA11 7QG
Received 23 Mar 20231 Meadfield Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0PR
Received 23 Mar 2023SGN Box White Horse Road Harvel Gravesend Kent
Received 23 Mar 202380 Downs Road Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9HQ
Received 23 Mar 202347 Beltana Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 4BT
Received 24 Mar 202318 Long Walk Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9HH
Received 24 Mar 20233 Queens Farm Cottages Queens Farm Road Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3HS
Received 24 Mar 20231 Ediva Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0NA
Received 24 Mar 2023Ascot Arms Central Avenue Gravesend Kent DA12 5AW
Received 27 Mar 2023Linden Whitehill Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0NY
Received 27 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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