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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.
4,619 approved · 1,529 refused · 223 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Pomarium Close Gravesend Kent DA11 7FA
Received 2 Apr 202516 Court Lodge Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3EQ
Received 2 Apr 2025BRT Properties Kent Top Yard Hardys Corner 2 Vale Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 2 Apr 2025BRT Properties Kent Top Yard Hardys Corner 2 Vale Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 2 Apr 202524 Valley Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 5RS
Received 2 Apr 2025Whitehouse Farm School Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7JG
Received 1 Apr 2025Custom House The Terrace Gravesend Kent DA12 2BW
Received 3 Apr 2025Custom House The Terrace Gravesend Kent DA12 2BW
Received 3 Apr 2025Custom House The Terrace Gravesend Kent DA12 2BW
Received 3 Apr 202575 Alexandra Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2QG
Received 4 Apr 2025SLC Alarms And CCTV 20 Stone Street Gravesend Kent DA11 0NP
Received 7 Apr 2025The Coach House West Down Farm Shipley Hills Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0JP
Received 7 Apr 2025Woodside Pear Tree Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3JT
Received 7 Apr 2025Woodside Pear Tree Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3JT
Received 7 Apr 2025Woodside Pear Tree Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3JT
Received 7 Apr 202547 St Francis Avenue Gravesend Kent DA12 4SY
Received 7 Apr 202513 Steadman Close Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7JD
Received 7 Apr 2025Land At Bowesden Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3LA
Received 7 Apr 202523D Pelham Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0HU
Received 8 Apr 20252 Milton Avenue Gravesend Kent DA12 1QL
Received 9 Apr 202549 Pelham Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0JA
Received 9 Apr 2025Tawahi Telegraph Hill Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7NW
Received 10 Apr 2025Brookers Farm Luddesdown Road Luddesdown Gravesend Kent DA13 0XE
Received 10 Apr 202551 Nickleby Road Gravesend Kent DA12 4UQ
Received 10 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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