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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.
4,366 approved · 1,453 refused · 208 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
114 Vigilant Way Gravesend Kent DA12 4PN
Received 5 May 20232C The Avenue Gravesend Kent DA11 0NA
Received 9 May 2023Land At Former Northfleet Cement Works The Shore Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 9 May 202310 Lanes Avenue Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7HR
Received 9 May 20239 Warren View Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3EJ
Received 5 May 2023Livingstone Road Stores 10 - 12 Livingstone Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5DZ
Received 9 May 20234 Petersfield Drive Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0TR
Received 9 May 202315 Harden Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7HE
Received 9 May 2023235 Colyer Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8AT
Received 9 May 2023Stavesacre Cottage Longfield Avenue Gravesend Kent DA13 9HP
Received 9 May 2023Fleethouse Beechwood Drive Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0TX
Received 9 May 20233 - 11 Harmer Street Gravesend Kent
Received 10 May 2023Starwood Pear Tree Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3JU
Received 10 May 202339 Quarry Close Gravesend Kent DA11 0GA
Received 10 May 2023Communication Station ZKT Gravesend Central Clive Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0AU
Received 10 May 2023Land At Crete Hall Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 10 May 2023Former Northfleet Cement Works The Shore Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9AN
Received 10 May 2023Emmanuel Baptist Church 55 Windmill Street Gravesend Kent
Received 11 May 202321 Cheshunt Close Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0HU
Received 11 May 20231 Aspdin Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8LZ
Received 11 May 202321 Hall Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8AW
Received 11 May 2023Communication Station Vodafone Ltd Clarence Row Gravesend Kent DA12 1HL
Received 12 May 2023Kings Hotel 8 - 10 King Street Gravesend Kent DA12 2EB
Received 12 May 2023Oast View Lower Rochester Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7HD
Received 12 May 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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