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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.
4,545 approved · 1,507 refused · 217 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
London Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9PD
Received 7 Aug 202422 The Pippins Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0HB
Received 7 Aug 2024St Josephs Convent Of Mercy Hillside Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 1NY
Received 7 Aug 202416 William Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1HD
Received 8 Aug 2024Old Town Hall High Street Gravesend Kent DA11 0AZ
Received 8 Aug 2024White House Farm School Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7JH
Received 8 Aug 202455 Central Avenue Gravesend Kent DA12 5AN
Received 8 Aug 202450 Henley Deane Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8SX
Received 9 Aug 202450 Henley Deane Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8SX
Received 9 Aug 2024White House Farm School Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7JH
Received 9 Aug 202467 St Hildas Way Gravesend Kent DA12 4AZ
Received 9 Aug 2024Communication Station Gravesend Road Higham Rochester Kent
Received 12 Aug 20245 Livingstone Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5DW
Received 9 Aug 2024Newlyn House Norwood Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0YB
Received 12 Aug 202430 Fairfields Gravesend Kent DA12 4QG
Received 12 Aug 20242 Milton Road Gravesend Kent
Received 12 Aug 2024Land Adjacent To 53 Stanbrook Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0JW
Received 13 Aug 202496 St Hildas Way Gravesend Kent DA12 4AY
Received 13 Aug 202423 Constable Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8NL
Received 13 Aug 202423 St James Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0HF
Received 14 Aug 2024Land To The South Of National Grids Electrical Sub-station For New Cable Tunnel Fort Road Tilbury Essex
Received 14 Aug 202424 Dover Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9QD
Received 15 Aug 2024Prepworld Unit K Springhead Enterprise Park Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8HH
Received 15 Aug 2024214 Rochester Road Gravesend Kent DA12 4TY
Received 15 Aug 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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