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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.
4,610 approved · 1,526 refused · 222 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
154 Highview Vigo Gravesend Kent DA13 0UT
Received 7 Mar 202539 Admers Wood Vigo Gravesend Kent DA13 0SP
Received 7 Mar 202559 Old Road East Gravesend Kent DA12 1NW
Received 7 Mar 202533 Bellman Avenue Gravesend Kent DA12 1RF
Received 7 Mar 202542 Denton Court Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2HS
Received 7 Mar 2025Greenacres Farm Brimstone Hill Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0BN
Received 7 Mar 202548 Lime Avenue Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9PY
Received 4 Mar 2025Little Mockbeggar Farm Town Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 8ER
Received 10 Mar 20259 Cricketers Drive Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0AX
Received 10 Mar 202529 Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9JE
Received 10 Mar 2025Arya Food Centre 159 - 161 Parrock Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1ER
Received 10 Mar 20258 Christianfields Avenue Gravesend Kent DA12 5NF
Received 10 Mar 2025Lower Rochester Road Wainscott Rochester Medway ME3 8EH
Received 7 Mar 202520 Harmer Street Gravesend Kent
Received 11 Mar 202550 Whitehill Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5PG
Received 11 Mar 2025Cheneys Farm Barns Thong Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent
Received 11 Mar 2025Former Site Of Battle Of Britain Coldharbour Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 11 Mar 202511 Station Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9DY
Received 11 Mar 202514D Lennox Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0EP
Received 12 Mar 2025Furzy Lea Bowesden Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3LA
Received 12 Mar 2025Land At Market Square And Horn Yard Car Parks New Swan Yard Gravesend DA12 2EN
Received 12 Mar 2025Custom House The Terrace Gravesend Kent DA12 2BW
Received 12 Mar 202536B Brandon Street Gravesend Kent DA11 0PL
Received 12 Mar 2025Britannia Refined Metals Ltd Lower Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9BG
Received 12 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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