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.
4,610 approved · 1,526 refused · 222 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Market Square And Horn Yard Car Parks New Swan Yard Gravesend DA12 2EN
Received 13 Mar 202538 Forder House Shepherd Street Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9PX
Received 13 Mar 202577 Glen View Gravesend Kent DA12 1LS
Received 13 Mar 20251 Nansen Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5DA
Received 13 Mar 202513 Walnut Tree Way Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0EH
Received 14 Mar 2025Finches Rhododendron Avenue Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0TU
Received 14 Mar 202566 Windsor Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5BN
Received 14 Mar 2025229 Rochester Road Gravesend Kent DA12 4TW
Received 14 Mar 2025Communication Station Opp Bucks Cross Road Coldharbour Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7EL
Received 12 Mar 2025Telecommunication Station Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0LU
Received 14 Mar 2025St Andrews Gardens Royal Pier Road Gravesend Kent
Received 14 Mar 20259 Hill Close Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9DD
Received 14 Mar 202526 King Street Gravesend Kent DA12 2DU
Received 17 Mar 20251 Russell Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2RT
Received 17 Mar 2025The Cottage Old Watling Street Higham Rochester Kent ME2 3UF
Received 17 Mar 20254 Crown Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3DY
Received 17 Mar 2025Land Adjacent To 77 New House Lane Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7HJ
Received 17 Mar 20255 Bernard Street Gravesend Kent DA12 2EX
Received 17 Mar 2025Morrisons Coldharbour Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8AB
Received 17 Mar 2025Morrisons Coldharbour Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8AB
Received 17 Mar 2025Kimberly Clark Ltd Northfleet Mill Crete Hall Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9AD
Received 17 Mar 2025Telecommunications Mast Northfleet Wastewater Treatment Works Thames Way Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9QY
Received 17 Mar 2025278 Singlewell Road Gravesend Kent DA11 7RE
Received 17 Mar 202534 Hadley Close Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0NX
Received 17 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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