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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.
4,490 approved · 1,488 refused · 216 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Copperfield Close Gravesend Kent
Received 23 Feb 202496 St Hildas Way Gravesend Kent DA12 4AY
Received 27 Feb 20241-2 King Street Gravesend Kent DA12 2EB
Received 27 Feb 2024Buildings North Of Hill Farm Taylors Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7JT
Received 26 Feb 2024Former DEBENHAMS 76 New Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0AF
Received 27 Feb 20241 Cobsdene Gravesend Kent DA12 5JB
Received 27 Feb 202492 Snelling Avenue Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7ER
Received 27 Feb 202428 Orchard Avenue Gravesend Kent DA11 7NX
Received 27 Feb 20249 Crown Green Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3DT
Received 28 Feb 202450 Northridge Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5AY
Received 29 Feb 2024Perry Dene Pear Tree Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3JS
Received 29 Feb 2024219 Wrotham Road Gravesend Kent DA11 7LL
Received 1 Mar 2024Darnley Arms 9 Trafalgar Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0QA
Received 1 Mar 2024St Marys Church Room Sole Street Cobham Gravesend Kent
Received 1 Mar 2024Land At Rosherville Way And Crete Hall Road Northfleet Embankment East Employment Southern Parcel Rosherville Way Northfleet
Received 1 Mar 2024Dalefield Industrial Park Dalefield Way Gravesend Kent
Received 4 Mar 2024The Peacock Public House 78 Peacock Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1EG
Received 4 Mar 2024The Peacock Public House 78 Peacock Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1EG
Received 4 Mar 2024Copthorne Hillside Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 1NY
Received 4 Mar 202418 Burdett Avenue Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3HP
Received 4 Mar 202416 Farmcroft Gravesend Kent DA11 7LT
Received 4 Mar 2024Public Conveniences Perry Street Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 4 Mar 202457 Lower Range Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2QL
Received 5 Mar 202485 Valley Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 5RR
Received 5 Mar 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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