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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.
4,399 approved · 1,466 refused · 208 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Buildings To The North Of Hill Farm Taylors Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7JT
Received 17 Jul 202357 Suffolk Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2SW
Received 18 Jul 20231 Orchard Avenue Gravesend Kent DA11 7NX
Received 18 Jul 2023Britannia Refined Metals Ltd Lower Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9BG
Received 18 Jul 202355 Haynes Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7HZ
Received 19 Jul 202338 Beech Mast Vigo Gravesend Kent DA13 0SX
Received 19 Jul 2023Chestnut Green Cottage Racefield Close Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3EL
Received 19 Jul 202310 Harden Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7HF
Received 20 Jul 2023Land Rear Of Hilary Cottage Hermitage Road Higham Rochester Kent
Received 20 Jul 202389 Old Road East Gravesend Kent DA12 1NX
Received 20 Jul 20238 Wykeham Close Gravesend Kent DA12 4QL
Received 20 Jul 2023Knights Place Farm House Knights Place Farm Watling Street Cobham Gravesend Kent ME2 3UB
Received 21 Jul 2023Krystle Flower Design Limited 8 The Bay Vigo Gravesend Kent DA13 0TD
Received 21 Jul 2023Chalk Scout Group Castle Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 4TQ
Received 21 Jul 2023The Old Forge Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0JE
Received 24 Jul 2023Trelights Round Street Cobham Gravesend Kent DA13 9AY
Received 24 Jul 20231 Struttons Avenue Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7EJ
Received 24 Jul 20231 Willow Walk Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0QS
Received 24 Jul 202342 Milton Hall Road Gravesend Kent DA12 1QW
Received 24 Jul 2023WT Henley Building Land At Crete Hall Road Northfleet Kent
Received 20 Jul 2023103 Downs Road Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9HD
Received 24 Jul 2023Units U025; U026; MSU06; U028B/29; U030; U031-32; U014; U015; EVU06; And EVU03 Upper Rose Gallery And Wintergarden Bluewater Greenhithe Kent
Received 24 Jul 2023Thamesview School Thong Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 4LF
Received 24 Jul 2023Home Acre Melliker Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0HY
Received 25 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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