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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.
4,620 approved · 1,529 refused · 223 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
1 Galleon Mews Gravesend Kent DA11 9EE
Received 16 Apr 2025Port Of London Authority London River House Royal Pier Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2BG
Received 17 Apr 2025Land At Market Square And Horn Yard Car Parks New Swan Yard Gravesend DA12 2EN
Received 17 Apr 202551 Mulberry Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8NY
Received 17 Apr 20253 Berkley Crescent Gravesend Kent DA12 2AD
Received 17 Apr 2025Port Of London Authority London River House Royal Pier Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2BG
Received 17 Apr 2025The Copperfield Gravesend Road Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3JW
Received 22 Apr 20251 Genesta Glade Gravesend Kent DA12 4PR
Received 22 Apr 202537 Calderwood Gravesend Kent DA12 4QH
Received 22 Apr 202519 Coulton Avenue Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8DZ
Received 22 Apr 20252 Vicarage Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 4TF
Received 22 Apr 2025Lucas Heron Hill Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0DU
Received 22 Apr 202550 Apsledene Gravesend Kent DA12 5EE
Received 22 Apr 2025Nurstead Lodge Nurstead Church Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 9AD
Received 22 Apr 2025Nurstead Lodge Nurstead Church Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 9AD
Received 22 Apr 2025Land At Grays Riverside Park Thurrock Yacht Club And Grays Sea Wall Thames Road Grays Thurrock RM17 6JF
Received 22 Apr 202577 Cheyne Walk Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0PP
Received 22 Apr 2025Telecommunication Mast Chalk Road Higham Rochester Kent
Received 22 Apr 2025Land At Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0AA
Received 22 Apr 202589 Coopers Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7AH
Received 23 Apr 20254 Russell Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2RT
Received 23 Apr 2025Rochester And Cobham Park Golf Club Park Pale Shorne Rochester Kent ME2 3UL
Received 23 Apr 2025Basque Cottage Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0QA
Received 23 Apr 202542 Cricketers Drive Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0AX
Received 23 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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