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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.
4,415 approved · 1,471 refused · 209 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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 West Of Springhead Road (Springhead Park) Springhead Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 8 Sept 2023Phase 2C Ebbsfleet Green Southfleet Road Swanscombe Dartford Kent
Received 8 Sept 202361 Milroy Avenue Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7AZ
Received 12 Sept 202361 Milroy Avenue Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7AZ
Received 12 Sept 202361 Milroy Avenue Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7AZ
Received 12 Sept 2023Furzy Lea Bowesden Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3LA
Received 12 Sept 2023305 Wrotham Road Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9JH
Received 12 Sept 20239 Brandon Street Gravesend Kent DA11 0PL
Received 12 Sept 20231 Gabriel Gardens Gravesend Kent DA12 4QD
Received 12 Sept 202326 Darnley Street Gravesend Kent DA11 0PJ
Received 14 Sept 202344 Thistledown Gravesend Kent DA12 5EU
Received 14 Sept 202327 Salcote Road Gravesend Kent DA12 4RB
Received 14 Sept 2023Salem Yard Salem Place Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9QA
Received 14 Sept 2023123 Windmill Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1BL
Received 14 Sept 20236 Longfield Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0EN
Received 14 Sept 202365 St Marks Avenue Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9LN
Received 15 Sept 20233 Cambrian Grove Gravesend Kent DA11 0PU
Received 15 Sept 2023Land At Jeskyns Farm Jeskyns Road Cobham Gravesend Kent DA12 3AL
Received 18 Sept 20239 The Adelaide Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7LU
Received 18 Sept 202319 Evenden Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0HA
Received 18 Sept 2023Finlarig White Post Lane Cobham Gravesend Kent DA13 9AX
Received 18 Sept 202319 Evenden Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0HA
Received 18 Sept 2023Southern Water Water Tower Beech Mast Vigo Gravesend Kent
Received 12 Sept 20231 Cheshunt Close Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0HU
Received 18 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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