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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4,619 approved · 1,529 refused · 223 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
29 Thong Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 4LB
Received 10 Apr 20253 Seymour Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7BW
Received 10 Apr 2025Land At Market Square And Horn Yard Car Parks New Swan Yard Gravesend DA12 2EN
Received 11 Apr 2025Land At Market Square And Horn Yard Car Parks New Swan Yard Gravesend DA12 2EN
Received 11 Apr 202545 Cerne Road Gravesend Kent DA12 4BL
Received 11 Apr 2025Universal Food Centre 4 - 5 Milton Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2RE
Received 11 Apr 2025Universal Food Centre 4 - 5 Milton Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2RE
Received 11 Apr 2025Sir John Falstaff Gravesend Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7NZ
Received 11 Apr 2025Sir John Falstaff Gravesend Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7NZ
Received 11 Apr 2025159 Dover Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9QN
Received 11 Apr 2025248 Highview Vigo Gravesend Kent DA13 0UZ
Received 11 Apr 202544 High Street Gravesend Kent DA11 0AY
Received 14 Apr 202512 Campbell Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0JY
Received 14 Apr 2025The Peacock Public House 78 Peacock Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1EG
Received 14 Apr 2025Gads Hill House School Gravesend Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7PA
Received 14 Apr 2025Cobham Lodge Valley Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 5UE
Received 14 Apr 2025115 Colyer Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8AZ
Received 14 Apr 20252 Central Avenue Gravesend Kent DA12 5AD
Received 14 Apr 202514 Leander Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 4NE
Received 10 Apr 202513 Huntley Avenue Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9HS
Received 15 Apr 202527 Old Road West Gravesend Kent DA11 0LH
Received 15 Apr 2025East Court Manor East Court Farm Church Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 2NL
Received 15 Apr 2025Land At Former Northfleet Cement Works The Shore Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9AN
Received 15 Apr 2025The Copperfield Gravesend Road Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3JW
Received 15 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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