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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.
4,427 approved · 1,474 refused · 211 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 North Of Viewpoint Place Rochester Road Gravesend Kent
Received 23 Oct 202318 Marks Square Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7HU
Received 23 Oct 202318 Marks Square Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7HU
Received 23 Oct 20235 Upper Avenue Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9DA
Received 23 Oct 20235 Upper Avenue Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9DA
Received 23 Oct 2023Stirling Villa Whitepost Lane Culverstone Gravesend Kent DA13 0TN
Received 23 Oct 202392 Snelling Avenue Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7ER
Received 23 Oct 20231 Marconi Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8LJ
Received 23 Oct 2023Old Prince Of Orange 1 Old Road East Gravesend Kent DA12 1NJ
Received 24 Oct 202336 Whitehill Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 5LY
Received 24 Oct 2023102 St Hildas Way Gravesend Kent DA12 4AY
Received 24 Oct 2023102 St Hildas Way Gravesend Kent DA12 4AY
Received 24 Oct 2023Ascot Arms Central Avenue Gravesend Kent DA12 5AW
Received 24 Oct 202328 Essex Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0SP
Received 24 Oct 202323 St Johns Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2SB
Received 24 Oct 20234 St Georges Crescent Gravesend Kent DA12 4AR
Received 25 Oct 2023138 Old Road East Gravesend Kent DA12 1PF
Received 25 Oct 202323 Dorchester Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5QU
Received 25 Oct 202325A Hunt Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8JT
Received 26 Oct 2023Communication Station 76 Vale Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8DA
Received 26 Oct 202397 Barr Road Gravesend Kent DA12 4DX
Received 27 Oct 2023Shorne House Gravesend Road Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3JP
Received 27 Oct 2023Land At Rosherville Way And Crete Hall Road Northfleet Embankment East Employment Southern Parcel Rosherville Way Northfleet
Received 27 Oct 2023Rochester Rd SW Corner Of Forge Lane Rochester Road Gravesend Kent DA12 4TN
Received 27 Oct 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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