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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.
4,342 approved · 1,448 refused · 207 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Land Adjacent To 33 Ivy Close Gravesend Kent DA12 5NP
Received 31 Mar 2023Crantock House 22A Old Road East Gravesend Kent DA12 1NQ
Received 3 Apr 2023Little Cottage Ridge Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0DP
Received 3 Apr 2023East Court Manor Church Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 2NL
Received 3 Apr 2023East Court Manor Church Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 2NL
Received 3 Apr 20232 Hays Mead Henley Street Luddesdown Gravesend Kent DA13 0XD
Received 3 Apr 202382 Hermitage Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7DD
Received 3 Apr 2023Long Acre Pear Tree Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3JT
Received 3 Apr 2023Stable Cottage Meopham Court Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0AA
Received 3 Apr 202311 Chadwick Close Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8SA
Received 3 Apr 20233 Cambrian Grove Gravesend Kent DA11 0PU
Received 3 Apr 202369 Whitehill Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 5LU
Received 3 Apr 2023247 Singlewell Road Gravesend Kent DA11 7RN
Received 4 Apr 2023Lenton Garth Racefield Close Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3EL
Received 4 Apr 202382A Hermitage Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7DD
Received 4 Apr 20231 Nansen Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5DA
Received 4 Apr 202347 Nursery Grove Gravesend Kent DA11 7BB
Received 4 Apr 2023Little Hintock Meopham Green Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0PY
Received 4 Apr 202370 London Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9LF
Received 5 Apr 202391 Windmill Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1LH
Received 5 Apr 202385 Chalk Road Gravesend Kent DA12 4UT
Received 5 Apr 202348 Beaumont Drive Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9NW
Received 5 Apr 2023Trelowarren Norwood Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0YE
Received 5 Apr 202338 Fairview Road Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9DR
Received 5 Apr 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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