Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
4,397 approved · 1,464 refused · 208 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Site Of Former Police Station 133 Windmill Street Gravesend Kent
Received 12 Jul 2023Site Of Former Police Station 133 Windmill Street Gravesend Kent
Received 12 Jul 2023Northfleet United Reformed Church Dover Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 13 Jul 2023WER Packing Supplies Unit J1 Lower Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9BL
Received 13 Jul 2023East Court Manor Church Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 2NL
Received 13 Jul 202340 Springhead Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9QY
Received 13 Jul 202340 Snelling Avenue Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7EG
Received 13 Jul 2023Site Of Former Police Station 133 Windmill Street Gravesend Kent
Received 13 Jul 2023Communication Station Hall Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8AJ
Received 12 Jul 202319 Grange Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0ET
Received 14 Jul 202390 Central Avenue Gravesend Kent DA12 5BH
Received 14 Jul 20234 Lower Higham Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2NG
Received 14 Jul 2023I Love Pizza Ltd 147 Parrock Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1EY
Received 14 Jul 2023Lucas Heron Hill Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0DU
Received 17 Jul 2023Manor Hotel Hever Court Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5UQ
Received 17 Jul 2023Manor Hotel Hever Court Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5UQ
Received 17 Jul 2023Land Adjacent To Land Known As 'The Den' Rhododendron Avenue Meopham Gravesend Kent
Received 17 Jul 202336 Fairview Road Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9DR
Received 17 Jul 2023Former Football Field Grove Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9AX
Received 12 Jul 202311 St Johns Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7BZ
Received 18 Jul 2023Mayfield Grammar School Pelham Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0JE
Received 18 Jul 202324 Dover Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9QD
Received 18 Jul 202397 Vale Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8DB
Received 18 Jul 202313 Longfield Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0EW
Received 18 Jul 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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