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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.
4,462 approved · 1,482 refused · 214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
61 Boucher Drive Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7JA
Received 19 Dec 2023Marling Cross Site Compound Valley Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 5UF
Received 20 Dec 20231 Hanbury Cottages The Ridgeway Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3LH
Received 20 Dec 2023Shorne Common Mill Hill Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent
Received 20 Dec 2023St Josephs Convent Of Mercy Hillside Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 1NY
Received 20 Dec 2023Halfacre Round Street Cobham Gravesend Kent DA13 9BA
Received 21 Dec 2023Land Adj To Fairoak Willow Walk Meopham Gravesend Kent
Received 21 Dec 2023Advertising Right Flank Wall 175 High Street Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9HG
Received 21 Dec 2023Land At Battle Street Cobham Gravesend Kent
Received 21 Dec 2023Land South Of Gravesend Road Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3JR
Received 22 Dec 2023165 Lower Higham Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2NW
Received 22 Dec 202353 Villa Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7BU
Received 28 Dec 2023Edmund Green Edmund Close Meopham Gravesend Kent
Received 28 Dec 2023146 Milton Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2RG
Received 28 Dec 2023146 Milton Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2RG
Received 28 Dec 202356 Livingstone Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5DZ
Received 28 Dec 2023Gravesham Muslim Cultural And Educational Centre St Hildas Way Gravesend Kent DA12 4AZ
Received 2 Jan 202454 Livingstone Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5DZ
Received 2 Jan 2024Ashlea Horns Oak Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0BX
Received 2 Jan 20247B Parrock Road Gravesend Kent DA12 1PY
Received 2 Jan 202421 Cheshunt Close Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0HU
Received 2 Jan 202427 Fairview Road Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9DP
Received 2 Jan 2024Tolhurst House 1 Victoria Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 2 Jan 2024Distarti Rhododendron Avenue Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0TT
Received 3 Jan 2024Records 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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