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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.
4,524 approved · 1,500 refused · 217 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Hollands Close Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3EH
Received 3 Jun 2024Purvil Wood Cottage Leywood Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0UH
Received 3 Jun 202436A Brandon Street Gravesend Kent DA11 0PL
Received 3 Jun 202436B Brandon Street Gravesend Kent DA11 0PL
Received 3 Jun 2024Former Northfleet Cement Works The Shore Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9AN
Received 31 May 20248 The Gallops Vigo Gravesend Kent DA13 0SS
Received 3 Jun 2024Joynes House New Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0AJ
Received 3 Jun 202418 The Crescent Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7EB
Received 4 Jun 202483A Chalk Road Gravesend Kent DA12 4UT
Received 4 Jun 202423 Pine Avenue Gravesend Kent DA12 1QY
Received 4 Jun 2024Garage Block Arthur Street Gravesend Kent DA11 0PP
Received 4 Jun 202462 Sun Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 5HL
Received 4 Jun 2024Meopham School Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0AH
Received 4 Jun 202471 Lamorna Avenue Gravesend Kent DA12 5PS
Received 4 Jun 2024East Court Manor Church Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 2NL
Received 6 Jun 2024Tops Pizza 7 Queen Street Gravesend Kent DA12 2EQ
Received 6 Jun 2024Tops Pizza 7 Queen Street Gravesend Kent DA12 2EQ
Received 6 Jun 2024Crabbles Cottage Pear Tree Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3JS
Received 6 Jun 20241 Masefield Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8EL
Received 7 Jun 2024Norwood Farm House Norwood Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0YF
Received 10 Jun 2024Norwood Farm House Norwood Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0YF
Received 10 Jun 2024103 Jubilee Crescent Gravesend Kent DA12 4JQ
Received 10 Jun 20241 Masefield Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8EL
Received 10 Jun 202415 Telegraph Hill Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7NW
Received 10 Jun 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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