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.
4,600 approved · 1,525 refused · 221 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cricket Pavilion Meopham Green Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0PZ
Received 24 Feb 2025ALDI 100 - 102 London Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9LY
Received 25 Feb 202512 Brenchley Avenue Gravesend Kent DA11 7RQ
Received 25 Feb 2025104 Tennyson Walk Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8LR
Received 25 Feb 20259 Downs Wood Vigo Gravesend Kent DA13 0SQ
Received 25 Feb 2025Britannia Refined Metals Ltd Botany Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9BG
Received 20 Feb 202543 Windsor Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5BW
Received 26 Feb 2025149 Parrock Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1EY
Received 26 Feb 2025Cemex Concrete Products (UK) Ltd-Dolphin Bridges Botany Marsh Lower Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9BB
Received 24 Feb 2025Tilbury Power Station Fort Road Tilbury Essex
Received 26 Feb 2025Rainbow 68 New Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0AE
Received 26 Feb 2025Milton Place Car Park Gravesend Kent
Received 27 Feb 2025Pitfield Lodge Meopham Green Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0PZ
Received 27 Feb 202519 Berkley Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2EU
Received 27 Feb 2025Meopham Windmill Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0QA
Received 27 Feb 2025Manor Hotel Hever Court Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5UQ
Received 26 Feb 2025Berkeley Modular Facility Berkeley House Crete Hall Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9AA
Received 27 Feb 2025Former Northfleet Cement Works The Shore Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9AN
Received 27 Feb 2025367 Singlewell Road Gravesend Kent DA11 7RL
Received 28 Feb 2025Telecommunication Mast Mark Lane Norfolk Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2QB
Received 28 Feb 202530 Astra Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 4PY
Received 3 Mar 202584 Parrock Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1HF
Received 3 Mar 2025197 Rochester Road Gravesend Kent DA12 4TN
Received 3 Mar 20251 Gabriel Gardens Gravesend Kent DA12 4QD
Received 3 Mar 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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