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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.
4,624 approved · 1,530 refused · 223 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Britannia Refined Metals Ltd Lower Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9BG
Received 23 Apr 2025Kimberly Clark Ltd Northfleet Mill Crete Hall Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9AD
Received 24 Apr 202543 Orchard Avenue Gravesend Kent DA11 7NX
Received 24 Apr 2025Standhill Farm Northumberland Bottom Wrotham Road Gravesend Kent DA13 9RE
Received 23 Apr 2025271 Rochester Road Gravesend Kent DA12 4TW
Received 24 Apr 2025Land At Market Square And Horn Yard Car Parks New Swan Yard Gravesend DA12 2EN
Received 25 Apr 202510 Hillside Avenue Gravesend Kent DA12 5QR
Received 25 Apr 2025278 Lower Higham Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2NR
Received 28 Apr 2025Eastcourt Marshes Electricity Substation Mark Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 2HN
Received 28 Apr 2025388 Rochester Road Gravesend Kent DA12 4TT
Received 28 Apr 202534 Jellicoe Avenue Gravesend Kent DA12 5HT
Received 28 Apr 2025Orchard House Thong Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 4AD
Received 28 Apr 2025Trosley Country Park Waterlow Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0SG
Received 28 Apr 202543 Dover Road East Gravesend Kent DA11 0RA
Received 28 Apr 202529 King Street Gravesend Kent
Received 28 Apr 202510 Court Lodge Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3EQ
Received 28 Apr 202517 Harman Avenue Gravesend Kent DA11 7RJ
Received 28 Apr 2025Chepstow Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0HL
Received 28 Apr 20251 Wheatcroft South Hill Road Gravesend Kent DA12 1LA
Received 29 Apr 202543 Cambria Crescent Gravesend Kent DA12 4NJ
Received 29 Apr 2025First And Second Floors 20 Queen Street Gravesend Kent
Received 29 Apr 20252 Blenheim Close Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0PQ
Received 29 Apr 2025Land At Market Square And Horn Yard Car Parks New Swan Yard Gravesend DA12 2EN
Received 29 Apr 202538 Windmill Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1BA
Received 29 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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