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.
4,445 approved · 1,479 refused · 214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
2 Abbey Farm Cottages Church Street Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7LS
Received 30 Nov 202318 Dobson Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5TE
Received 30 Nov 2023Lazzat Gravesend Road Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7JS
Received 30 Nov 2023Land Adjacent To 28 Coutts Avenue Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3HJ
Received 1 Dec 202318 Windmill Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1AS
Received 1 Dec 2023Brimsole Farm Brimstone Hill Meopham Gravesend Kent
Received 1 Dec 2023Land To The Rear Of Bridge Bar And Club 24 Stone Street Gravesend Kent DA11 0NP
Received 1 Dec 20232 Abbey Farm Cottages Church Street Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7LS
Received 1 Dec 2023Thamesview School Thong Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 4LF
Received 1 Dec 2023Thamesview School Thong Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 4LF
Received 1 Dec 2023Singlewell Pharmacy 133 Singlewell Road Gravesend Kent DA11 7QA
Received 4 Dec 2023Broadeaves Bowesden Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3LA
Received 4 Dec 202327 Mitchell Avenue Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8AU
Received 4 Dec 2023Land To Rear Of Bridge Bar And Club 24 Stone Street Gravesend Kent DA11 0NP
Received 4 Dec 2023Land To Rear Of Bridge Bar And Club 24 Stone Street Gravesend Kent DA11 0NP
Received 4 Dec 202318 Dobson Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5TE
Received 4 Dec 2023Tawahi Telegraph Hill Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7NW
Received 4 Dec 202369 Hall Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8AN
Received 4 Dec 2023Whitehill Parade Green Land Adjacent To Whitehill Parade Whitehill Parade Gravesend Kent DA12 5LS
Received 30 Nov 2023Lazzat Gravesend Road Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7JS
Received 4 Dec 20231 Cheshunt Close Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0HU
Received 1 Dec 2023Crete Road & Rosherville Way Crete Hall Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9AA
Received 1 Dec 2023Bungalow At Cader Idris Poultry Farm Gravesend Road Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7JS
Received 4 Dec 202339 Quarry Close Gravesend Kent DA11 0GA
Received 5 Dec 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage