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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.
4,552 approved · 1,510 refused · 217 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
HSBC 84 New Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0AS
Received 27 Aug 202444 High Street Gravesend Kent DA11 0AY
Received 27 Aug 20241 Marina Drive Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9LQ
Received 27 Aug 2024402 Wrotham Road Gravesend Kent DA11 7PF
Received 22 Aug 202410 Chestnut Lane Vigo Gravesend Kent DA13 0TB
Received 27 Aug 2024Higham Hall Barn 5 Ostlers Court Taylors Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7AY
Received 28 Aug 2024Basant White Post Lane Cobham Gravesend Kent DA13 9AX
Received 28 Aug 2024127 Valley Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 5RU
Received 28 Aug 202449 Pelham Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0JA
Received 29 Aug 2024Communication Station Lansdown Place Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 30 Aug 202424 Goodwood Crescent Gravesend Kent DA12 5EL
Received 30 Aug 2024Morrisons Coldharbour Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8AB
Received 30 Aug 202422 Trosley Avenue Gravesend Kent DA11 7QW
Received 2 Sept 20245 Ferndale Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5AF
Received 2 Sept 202458 Tradescant Drive Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0EF
Received 2 Sept 2024Tropical Brazalian Centre 171 Windmill Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1AH
Received 2 Sept 20241 Willow Walk Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0QS
Received 2 Sept 202441 Cobham Street Gravesend Kent DA11 0SA
Received 2 Sept 202441 Cobham Street Gravesend Kent DA11 0SA
Received 2 Sept 202487 Rural Vale Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9JL
Received 2 Sept 2024Britannia Refined Metals Ltd Lower Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9BG
Received 2 Sept 202464 Timber Bank Vigo Gravesend Kent DA13 0SE
Received 2 Sept 2024Tourmalane 63 Old Watling Street Gravesend Kent DA11 7NT
Received 3 Sept 2024103 Jubilee Crescent Gravesend Kent DA12 4JQ
Received 3 Sept 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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