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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.
4,587 approved · 1,520 refused · 221 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
28 Ash Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5LN
Received 6 Jan 2025The Whitehouse Watling Street Gravesend Kent DA11 7NU
Received 6 Jan 202535 Cheyne Walk Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0PF
Received 9 Jan 20251 Broadwood Gravesend Kent DA11 7RX
Received 2 Jan 202513 Steadman Close Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7JD
Received 7 Jan 20252 Brookside Road Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9JJ
Received 8 Jan 20251 Harrowby Gardens Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8SH
Received 8 Jan 2025Land To The North And South Of Station Road Southfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8HX
Received 8 Jan 2025Multi Storey Car Park Thamesgate Shopping Centre Gravesend Kent
Received 9 Jan 202573 Beaumont Drive Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9NN
Received 10 Jan 202539 Admers Wood Vigo Gravesend Kent DA13 0SP
Received 10 Jan 20252 Nursery Cottages Canal Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7HU
Received 10 Jan 2025Former Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara Clarence Place Gravesend Kent DA12 1LD
Received 10 Jan 2025Land At St Columbas Close Gravesend Kent
Received 10 Jan 202549 Imperial Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 4LL
Received 13 Jan 2025The Barn East Court Farm Church Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 2NL
Received 13 Jan 202588 Lanes Avenue Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7HS
Received 13 Jan 202536B Brandon Street Gravesend Kent DA11 0PL
Received 13 Jan 2025Santander 4 King Street Gravesend Kent DA12 2HH
Received 14 Jan 2025Ascot Arms Central Avenue Gravesend Kent DA12 5AW
Received 14 Jan 2025Land To North And South Of Station Road Southfleet Kent DA13 9PA
Received 13 Jan 2025Northfleet School For Girls Hall Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8AQ
Received 15 Jan 2025Highways Old Watling Street Gravesend Kent DA11 7NT
Received 15 Jan 2025Britannia Refined Metals Ltd Lower Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9BG
Received 16 Jan 2025Records 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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