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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.
4,618 approved · 1,527 refused · 223 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
133 Vale Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8BX
Received 31 Mar 202569 Central Avenue Gravesend Kent DA12 5AW
Received 31 Mar 202542 Brandon Street Gravesend Kent DA11 0PL
Received 31 Mar 202537 Truro Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5RG
Received 31 Mar 20259 Prospect Grove Gravesend Kent DA12 2SA
Received 31 Mar 2025243 Singlewell Road Gravesend Kent DA11 7RN
Received 26 Mar 2025Sunnyside Guest House 3 Sunnyside Windmill Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1LG
Received 31 Mar 202512 Peach Croft Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8ST
Received 28 Mar 2025Gravesend Bus Hub Barrack Row And Garrick Street Gravesend Kent
Received 28 Mar 2025Blackthorn Farm Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent
Received 31 Mar 2025Denton Wharf Mark Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 2PL
Received 1 Apr 202527 Sandown Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5EW
Received 1 Apr 202524 Dover Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9QD
Received 1 Apr 2025Garage Site Adjacent To 33 Empress Road Gravesend Kent
Received 1 Apr 202526 Orchard Drive Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0LW
Received 1 Apr 202559 Freeman Road Gravesend Kent DA12 4ED
Received 1 Apr 2025Oak Tree Stables Gore Green Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7HL
Received 1 Apr 202575 Vigilant Way Gravesend Kent DA12 4PJ
Received 1 Apr 202533 Pine Avenue Gravesend Kent DA12 1QY
Received 1 Apr 2025110 St Dunstans Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 4BQ
Received 1 Apr 2025Old Vicarage Church Street Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7LR
Received 1 Apr 2025The Timbers Melliker Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0JB
Received 1 Apr 2025Hadlow Way Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9DL
Received 1 Apr 2025Northfleet Technology College Colyer Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8BG
Received 1 Apr 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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