Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
4,560 approved · 1,512 refused · 219 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Gravesend Rugby Football Club Donald Biggs Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 2TL
Received 8 Oct 2024Land At Stoney Wood Wrotham Road South Street Meopham Kent DA13 0QG
Received 8 Oct 202462 Kings Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 5BJ
Received 8 Oct 20246 Christianfields Avenue Gravesend Kent DA12 5NF
Received 8 Oct 2024356 Singlewell Road Gravesend Kent DA11 7RZ
Received 8 Oct 2024377 Singlewell Road Gravesend Kent DA11 7RL
Received 9 Oct 2024Nought Bull Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7LT
Received 9 Oct 2024Land At St Columbas Close Gravesend Kent
Received 9 Oct 2024Land At St Columbas Close Gravesend Kent
Received 9 Oct 202434 Walmers Avenue Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7EH
Received 9 Oct 20244 Norah Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7ER
Received 9 Oct 2024Broadwood House Pondfield Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3LD
Received 10 Oct 2024Broadwood House Pondfield Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3LD
Received 10 Oct 2024Shornemead Level Crossing Queens Farm Road Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3HU
Received 9 Oct 202431 Gainsborough Drive Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8NH
Received 11 Oct 202476 Kitchener Avenue Gravesend Kent DA12 5JF
Received 11 Oct 202411 Christianfields Avenue Gravesend Kent DA12 5NE
Received 11 Oct 2024McCarthy And Stone Site Church Walk Gravesend DA12 2QU
Received 11 Oct 202461 St Margarets Crescent Gravesend Kent DA12 4EJ
Received 14 Oct 20247 -9 Queen Street Gravesend Kent DA12 2EQ
Received 14 Oct 2024Land Between 26 And 30 St James Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0HE
Received 14 Oct 202429 Telegraph Hill Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7NW
Received 14 Oct 2024Little Cheneys Thong Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 4AD
Received 15 Oct 2024Petrol Filling Station Morrisons Coldharbour Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8AB
Received 15 Oct 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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