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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.
4,390 approved · 1,459 refused · 208 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Black Eagle Security Systems 8 Darnley Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0RU
Received 15 Jun 202390 Parrock Road Gravesend Kent DA12 1QF
Received 15 Jun 2023Land At Harvel Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0UA
Received 14 Jun 2023169 St Hildas Way Gravesend Kent DA12 4AT
Received 15 Jun 2023Ellenor Coldharbour Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7HQ
Received 15 Jun 20231 Garden Cottages Court Lodge Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3EG
Received 15 Jun 20234 Crockenhall Way Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9DB
Received 15 Jun 2023Crown And Thistle Public House 44 The Terrace Gravesend Kent DA12 2BJ
Received 16 Jun 2023Crown And Thistle Public House 44 The Terrace Gravesend Kent DA12 2BJ
Received 16 Jun 2023Ellenor Coldharbour Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7HQ
Received 16 Jun 2023Santona Watling Street Gravesend Kent DA11 7NU
Received 16 Jun 202338 St Johns Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7BZ
Received 16 Jun 2023Lazzat Gravesend Road Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7JS
Received 16 Jun 202349 Abbots Field Gravesend Kent DA12 5JA
Received 19 Jun 2023The Beild Norwood Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0YE
Received 16 Jun 2023Old Rectory Luddesdown Road Luddesdown Gravesend Kent DA13 0XE
Received 20 Jun 2023North Wing Owletts The Street Cobham Gravesend Kent DA12 3AP
Received 20 Jun 202336 Lisle Close Gravesend Kent DA12 4XH
Received 20 Jun 2023Ashlea Horns Oak Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0BX
Received 21 Jun 2023Former Site Of 27 Old Perry Street Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 21 Jun 202320 Nash Croft Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8SY
Received 21 Jun 2023Gravesend Travel Ltd 148 Parrock Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1EY
Received 21 Jun 2023Rochester Road Denton Gravesend Kent DA12 2HU
Received 22 Jun 2023The Red House Bowesden Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3LA
Received 22 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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