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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.
4,494 approved · 1,493 refused · 216 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
12 Brenchley Avenue Gravesend Kent DA11 7RQ
Received 27 Mar 2024Custom House The Terrace Gravesend Kent DA12 2BW
Received 27 Mar 2024Land Adjacent To 55 Forge Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7AH
Received 27 Mar 2024Unit C Imperial Retail Park Thames Way Gravesend Kent DA11 0DQ
Received 28 Mar 2024Earl House Priestwood Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0DA
Received 28 Mar 202418 Marks Square Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7HU
Received 28 Mar 2024Bluebells Willow Walk Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0QS
Received 28 Mar 2024Former SGN Gasholders Site Land On The East Side Of Canal Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2RS
Received 28 Mar 2024Bridge Bar And Club 24 Stone Street Gravesend Kent DA11 0NP
Received 28 Mar 2024Britannia Refined Metals Ltd Britannia Metal Refinery And Premises Lower Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9BG
Received 28 Mar 2024153 Beaumont Drive Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9NY
Received 2 Apr 2024Northfield House Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0AQ
Received 2 Apr 2024Mid Kent Golf Club Singlewell Road Gravesend Kent DA11 7RB
Received 2 Apr 2024Seathwaite Church Street Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7LP
Received 2 Apr 2024301 Wrotham Road Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9JH
Received 2 Apr 2024Land To The Rear Of Bridge Bar And Club 24 Stone Street Gravesend Kent DA11 0NP
Received 2 Apr 202486 Cheyne Walk Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0PG
Received 2 Apr 2024Meopham Green Baptist Church Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0QA
Received 2 Apr 2024388 Rochester Road Gravesend Kent DA12 4TT
Received 2 Apr 202412 Peach Croft Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8ST
Received 2 Apr 202432 Gatwick Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5AJ
Received 2 Apr 202427 Armoury Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 1LZ
Received 2 Apr 2024Land Adjacent To 28 Coutts Avenue Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3HJ
Received 3 Apr 2024Home Acre Melliker Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0HY
Received 3 Apr 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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