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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.
4,516 approved · 1,496 refused · 216 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Apr 1983 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Borough Market High Street Gravesend Kent DA11 0AZ
Received 29 Apr 2024173 Singlewell Road Gravesend Kent DA11 7QA
Received 29 Apr 2024The Sheiling Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0JH
Received 29 Apr 2024Leywood Farm Leywood Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0UD
Received 30 Apr 2024Ebbsfleet Rainbow Centre Rose Street Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9EQ
Received 30 Apr 2024Bowling Green Church Walk Gravesend Kent DA12 2QU
Received 30 Apr 202422 Trosley Avenue Gravesend Kent DA11 7QW
Received 30 Apr 20248 Arcadia Road Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9EH
Received 30 Apr 2024Greenwood Carters Hill Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0UG
Received 1 May 202466 Milton Hall Road Gravesend Kent DA12 1QW
Received 1 May 2024145 High Street Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9HG
Received 1 May 2024Huggens College College Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9DL
Received 2 May 20248 The Beeches Sole Street Cobham Gravesend Kent DA13 9BT
Received 3 May 202461 Milroy Avenue Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7AZ
Received 3 May 2024The Cottage Old Watling Street Higham Rochester Kent ME2 3UF
Received 3 May 20242 Newton Abbot Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7DT
Received 7 May 20243 Camer Gardens Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0XS
Received 8 May 2024103 Timber Bank Vigo Gravesend Kent DA13 0SN
Received 8 May 2024Former Northfleet Cement Works The Shore Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9AN
Received 8 May 2024Former Courtlands Gravesend Road Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3JR
Received 8 May 202434 The Braes Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7NA
Received 10 May 20241 Struttons Avenue Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7EJ
Received 10 May 202425 Cirrus Crescent Gravesend Kent DA12 4QS
Received 10 May 20249 Glenrosa Gardens Gravesend Kent DA12 4PT
Received 10 May 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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