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.
4,569 approved · 1,516 refused · 220 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
32 Milton Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2RF
Received 6 Nov 2024135 Vale Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8BX
Received 6 Nov 2024Garage Block Arthur Street Gravesend Kent DA11 0PP
Received 6 Nov 2024Land And Buildings At Seacon Site Tower Wharf Lower Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9BD
Received 7 Nov 2024First Floor 19 Milton Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2RF
Received 7 Nov 2024135 Astra Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 4QF
Received 7 Nov 202453 South Hill Road Gravesend Kent DA12 1JX
Received 7 Nov 2024Harjit House 7 Wrotham Road Gravesend Kent
Received 8 Nov 2024Hand Car Wash And Dons Tyres 67 - 77 High Street Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9HJ
Received 8 Nov 202436 Whitehill Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 5LY
Received 11 Nov 2024Lomas Sole Street Cobham Gravesend Kent DA12 3AX
Received 11 Nov 20243 Cambrian Grove Gravesend Kent DA11 0PU
Received 11 Nov 2024Land At Meadow Cottage School Lane Higham Rochester Kent
Received 6 Nov 20248 Fairview Drive Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7BG
Received 12 Nov 202419 Jubilee Crescent Gravesend Kent DA12 4JG
Received 12 Nov 2024Custom House The Terrace Gravesend Kent DA12 2BW
Received 12 Nov 2024Telefonica Vodaphone Telecommunications Station South Of Willow Tree Farm Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0AH
Received 11 Nov 2024Former Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara Clarence Place Gravesend Kent DA12 1LD
Received 11 Nov 2024Former Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara Clarence Place Gravesend Kent DA12 1LD
Received 11 Nov 202423 Mermaid Close Gravesend Kent DA11 9EF
Received 13 Nov 20245 Tower Close Gravesend Kent DA12 4QP
Received 13 Nov 202437 Barr Road Gravesend Kent DA12 4DU
Received 13 Nov 2024Darnley Arms 9 Trafalgar Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0QA
Received 13 Nov 2024The Kings Veg 7 King Street Gravesend Kent DA12 2EB
Received 13 Nov 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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