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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.
4,688 approved · 1,547 refused · 228 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Willow Platt Hermitage Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7NF
Received 15 May 2025Nelson Road Sports Ground Nelson Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7EE
Received 15 May 20251 Rose Cottages Town Road Cliffe Woods Rochester Medway ME3 8EP
Received 15 May 202558 Goodwood Crescent Gravesend Kent DA12 5EL
Received 15 May 202527 Vigilant Way Gravesend Kent DA12 4PW
Received 15 May 2025Berkeley Modular Limited Berkeley House Crete Hall Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9AA
Received 15 May 2025Land At Market Square And Horn Yard Car Parks New Swan Yard Gravesend DA12 2EN
Received 16 May 2025Land At Market Square And Horn Yard Car Parks New Swan Yard Gravesend DA12 2EN
Received 16 May 202544 Woodfield Avenue Gravesend Kent DA11 7QG
Received 16 May 2025Land At Market Square And Horn Yard Car Parks New Swan Yard Gravesend DA12 2EN
Received 16 May 2025Shorne Mead Pear Tree Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3JT
Received 16 May 202555 Flowerhill Way Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9DS
Received 16 May 20259 Ascot Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5AL
Received 19 May 202542 Dover Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9QD
Received 19 May 202525 Vicarage Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 4TF
Received 19 May 202570 Old Road East Gravesend Kent DA12 1PE
Received 19 May 2025176 Livingstone Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5DP
Received 19 May 2025103 Old Road East Gravesend Kent DA12 1PB
Received 20 May 2025Land At Worcester Close Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9LB
Received 20 May 2025Lower Flat 90 Wellington Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1JQ
Received 20 May 2025Upper Flat 90 Wellington Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1JQ
Received 20 May 20253 Wye Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5QT
Received 21 May 202515 The Street Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3EA
Received 21 May 2025Darnley Arms 9 Trafalgar Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0QA
Received 21 May 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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