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.
4,612 approved · 1,526 refused · 223 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Communication Station And Premises Carl Ekman House Tooley Street Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9PN
Received 17 Mar 202525 Albion Terrace Gravesend Kent DA12 2SJ
Received 17 Mar 202545 Dennis Road Gravesend Kent DA11 7NN
Received 18 Mar 2025Dering Industrial Park Dering Way Gravesend Kent
Received 19 Mar 20251 Strand Close Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0EG
Received 19 Mar 202535A Watling Street Gravesend Kent DA11 7NU
Received 19 Mar 2025Tilbury Power Station Fort Road Tilbury Essex
Received 18 Mar 2025The Builders Yard Lower Range Road Gravesend Kent
Received 20 Mar 20251 Willow Walk Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0QS
Received 20 Mar 2025144 Wrotham Road Gravesend Kent DA11 7LB
Received 20 Mar 2025119 Dover Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9QX
Received 20 Mar 2025Land At Market Square And Horn Yard Car Parks New Swan Yard Gravesend DA12 2EN
Received 21 Mar 2025Land To The West Of Nursery Mews Gravesend Kent DA11 7BU
Received 21 Mar 20256 Carton Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7EB
Received 21 Mar 202514 Milton Place Gravesend Kent DA12 2BT
Received 21 Mar 2025Starwood Pear Tree Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3JU
Received 24 Mar 202524 Telegraph Hill Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7NW
Received 24 Mar 2025The Red House Wrangling Lane Luddesdown Gravesend Kent DA13 0XF
Received 24 Mar 202523 Mermaid Close Gravesend Kent DA11 9EF
Received 24 Mar 202523 Mermaid Close Gravesend Kent DA11 9EF
Received 24 Mar 202596 Ridgeway Avenue Gravesend Kent DA12 5BE
Received 24 Mar 202559 Old Road East Gravesend Kent DA12 1NW
Received 24 Mar 2025Long Reach Sole Street Cobham Gravesend Kent DA12 3AY
Received 24 Mar 2025Tarmac Northfleet Works The Shore Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 21 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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