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.
4,484 approved · 1,488 refused · 214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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.
Crown And Thistle Public House 44 The Terrace Gravesend Kent DA12 2BJ
Received 12 Feb 2024Crown And Thistle Public House 44 The Terrace Gravesend Kent DA12 2BJ
Received 12 Feb 20242 Poplar Walk Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0EB
Received 12 Feb 2024Sunnyside Guest House 3 Sunnyside Windmill Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1LG
Received 12 Feb 2024Harjit House 7 Wrotham Road Gravesend Kent
Received 13 Feb 202422-25 London Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9JH
Received 13 Feb 20249 St James's Place Lennox Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0EP
Received 13 Feb 2024Barn North Of Abbey Farm Barn Church Street Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7LS
Received 14 Feb 2024Tudor House Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0AQ
Received 14 Feb 202488 Lanes Avenue Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7HS
Received 14 Feb 202422 Thong Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 4LD
Received 14 Feb 202443 Nursery Grove Gravesend Kent DA11 7BB
Received 14 Feb 2024157 Milton Road Gravesend Kent
Received 15 Feb 202423 St Johns Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2SB
Received 15 Feb 202485 Windmill Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1BN
Received 15 Feb 2024Hill Glen Cottage Park Avenue Gravesend Kent DA12 1NS
Received 6 Feb 2024Communication Station Cascades Leisure Centre Thong Lane Gravesend Kent
Received 15 Feb 2024Lighthouse Vessel 21 St Andrews Quay Royal Pier Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2BD
Received 16 Feb 2024The Manor House Gravesend Road Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3JR
Received 16 Feb 202431 The Street Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3EA
Received 16 Feb 20242 Windmill Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1AD
Received 16 Feb 2024Cherry Hay Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0QQ
Received 16 Feb 20243 The Paddock Vigo Gravesend Kent DA13 0TE
Received 19 Feb 2024Purvil Wood Cottage Leywood Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0UH
Received 19 Feb 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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