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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.
4,385 approved · 1,458 refused · 208 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
82 Snelling Avenue Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7ER
Received 9 Jun 202324 Forge Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7AS
Received 12 Jun 2023St Thomas's Almshouses Old Road West Gravesend Kent DA11 7LA
Received 12 Jun 202347 Marsh View Gravesend Kent DA12 2LX
Received 9 Jun 202380 Downs Road Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9HQ
Received 12 Jun 202332 Cruden Road Gravesend Kent DA12 4HD
Received 12 Jun 2023The Vicarage Butchers Hill Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3EB
Received 13 Jun 202357 Sun Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 5HQ
Received 13 Jun 2023Briars Court 90 Windmill Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1LH
Received 13 Jun 2023100 Beaumont Drive Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9NW
Received 13 Jun 2023Higham Grange Hermitage Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7NE
Received 13 Jun 20231 Bonny Acre Cottages Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0RF
Received 13 Jun 2023Mayfield Grammar School Pelham Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0JE
Received 13 Jun 202357 Riversdale Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8SP
Received 13 Jun 202321 Codrington Gardens Gravesend Kent DA12 5DB
Received 14 Jun 2023Three Jays Newlands Lane Culverstone Gravesend Kent DA13 0RD
Received 14 Jun 2023141 Singlewell Road Gravesend Kent DA11 7QA
Received 14 Jun 2023Sirius Green Farm Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3HL
Received 14 Jun 202343 The Russets Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0HH
Received 14 Jun 2023Gravesend Rugby Football Club Donald Biggs Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 2TL
Received 14 Jun 2023Former Northfleet Cement Works The Shore Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9AN
Received 14 Jun 2023Former Northfleet Cement Works The Shore Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9AN
Received 14 Jun 2023Land East Of College Road Northfleet Embankment West The Shore Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9AN
Received 14 Jun 2023Land At 270-340 Valley Drive Gravesend Kent
Received 15 Jun 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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