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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.
4,702 approved · 1,550 refused · 228 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Ground Floor 22 - 23 New Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0AA
Received 12 Jun 2025Cherry Dene Norwood Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0YE
Received 12 Jun 2025Land At St Columbas Close Gravesend Kent
Received 12 Jun 202518 Ascot Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5AL
Received 13 Jun 20251 The Avenue Gravesend Kent DA11 0NA
Received 13 Jun 2025Ebbsfleet Rainbow Centre Rose Street Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9EQ
Received 13 Jun 2025131 Central Avenue Gravesend Kent DA12 5BH
Received 13 Jun 202527 St Chads Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 4EL
Received 12 Jun 2025Land At Market Square And Horn Yard Car Parks New Swan Yard Gravesend DA12 2EN
Received 16 Jun 20254 Bramblebank Vigo Gravesend Kent DA13 0TF
Received 16 Jun 2025Little Mockbeggar Farm Town Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 8ER
Received 16 Jun 202536 Sallows Shaw Cobham Gravesend Kent DA13 9BS
Received 16 Jun 2025Land At Dalefield Way (West Gravesend Kent DA12 2FL
Received 16 Jun 202547 Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9JE
Received 16 Jun 2025Gurdawara Temple Guru Nanak Marg Gravesend Kent DA12 1AG
Received 16 Jun 2025Land To The North West Of Factory Road Factory Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 16 Jun 20259 Gazelle Glade Gravesend Kent DA12 4PU
Received 17 Jun 20257 Burghfield Road Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9JL
Received 17 Jun 2025Mill House Hermitage Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7ND
Received 17 Jun 2025Mill House Hermitage Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7ND
Received 17 Jun 2025Cobham House Vineyard Gold Street Cobham Gravesend Kent DA12 3AA
Received 16 Jun 202521 Burdett Avenue Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3HP
Received 18 Jun 2025F S Steakhouse Ltd 25 - 26 Milton Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2RF
Received 18 Jun 20252 Constable Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8NL
Received 18 Jun 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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