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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.
4,413 approved · 1,470 refused · 209 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adjacent To 197 Vale Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8BP
Received 4 Sept 202356 Livingstone Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5DZ
Received 5 Sept 20233 Echo Square Gravesend Kent DA12 1NP
Received 5 Sept 202332 Cruden Road Gravesend Kent DA12 4HD
Received 5 Sept 2023East Court Manor Church Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 2NL
Received 5 Sept 2023Gravesend Wastewater Treatment Works (WTW) Dering Way Denton Gravesend Kent DA12 2QF
Received 4 Sept 2023Northfleet Embankment East Crete Hall Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 4 Sept 202325 Hornbeams Vigo Gravesend Kent DA13 0TA
Received 6 Sept 2023414 Wrotham Road Gravesend Kent DA11 7PF
Received 7 Sept 202336 - 38 The Street Cobham Gravesend Kent
Received 7 Sept 2023St Josephs Convent Of Mercy Hillside Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 1NY
Received 7 Sept 2023Mid Kent Golf Club Singlewell Road Gravesend Kent DA11 7RB
Received 7 Sept 2023Land At Vale Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8DD
Received 7 Sept 20235 The Curlews Gravesend Kent DA12 5QJ
Received 8 Sept 202315 Norfolk Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2RX
Received 8 Sept 2023275 Highview Vigo Gravesend Kent DA13 0UY
Received 11 Sept 2023Main House Owletts The Street Cobham Gravesend Kent DA12 3AP
Received 11 Sept 20237 Queen Street Gravesend Kent DA12 2EQ
Received 11 Sept 2023Starwood Pear Tree Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3JU
Received 11 Sept 2023Starwood Pear Tree Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3JU
Received 11 Sept 2023196 Lower Higham Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2NN
Received 11 Sept 2023The Orchards 23 Watling Street Gravesend Kent DA11 7NU
Received 11 Sept 2023Land At Crete Hall Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 8 Sept 2023Land West Of Springhead Road (Springhead Park) Springhead Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 8 Sept 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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