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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.
4,380 approved · 1,455 refused · 208 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
77 St Francis Avenue Gravesend Kent DA12 4SZ
Received 26 May 2023Blue Ash 86 Rhododendron Avenue Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0TT
Received 26 May 20231 Rembrandt Drive Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8NG
Received 26 May 2023Heritage House 79 - 80 High Street Gravesend Kent DA11 0BH
Received 26 May 2023Heritage House 79 - 80 High Street Gravesend Kent DA11 0BH
Received 26 May 202344 Lanes Avenue Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7HR
Received 30 May 2023253 Rochester Road Gravesend Kent DA12 4TW
Received 30 May 202312 Edmund Close Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0NB
Received 30 May 2023159 Wrotham Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0QL
Received 30 May 2023Ascot Arms Central Avenue Gravesend Kent DA12 5AW
Received 30 May 202327 The Braes Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7NA
Received 30 May 2023Ascot Arms Central Avenue Gravesend Kent DA12 5AW
Received 30 May 202369 Hillside Avenue Gravesend Kent DA12 5QN
Received 26 May 2023Lazzat Gravesend Road Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7JS
Received 26 May 20231 Marconi Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8LJ
Received 25 May 2023Communication Station Vodafone Ltd Gravesham Court Clarence Row Gravesend Kent DA12 1HL
Received 26 May 2023Gravesend Grammar School For Boys Church Walk Gravesend Kent DA12 2PR
Received 26 May 2023Communication Station 76 Vale Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8DA
Received 30 May 2023Woodlands Sallows Shaw Cobham Gravesend Kent DA13 9BP
Received 30 May 202336C The Hill Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9EX
Received 31 May 2023Parsonage Farm The Barn The Street Cobham Gravesend Kent DA12 3DE
Received 31 May 202341 Harman Avenue Gravesend Kent DA11 7RJ
Received 31 May 2023Kimberly Clark Ltd Northfleet Mill Crete Hall Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9AD
Received 31 May 2023Woodbine Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0JE
Received 31 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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