Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
4,713 approved · 1,560 refused · 229 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
37 Wrotham Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0PN
Received 15 Jul 202537 Wrotham Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0PN
Received 15 Jul 20251 Cedar Close Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0ED
Received 15 Jul 2025Land At St Columbas Close Gravesend Kent
Received 15 Jul 2025Eastcourt Marshes Electricity Substation Mark Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 2HN
Received 16 Jul 202512 Lisle Close Gravesend Kent DA12 4XH
Received 16 Jul 20257 Osney Way Gravesend Kent DA12 2NB
Received 16 Jul 2025Rear Of 28/30 Sun Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 5HG
Received 17 Jul 202514 Mallow Close Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8TF
Received 17 Jul 2025Oakridge Whitehill Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0PA
Received 17 Jul 20259 Grange Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0ET
Received 17 Jul 2025Nuralite Industrial Estate Canal Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7JA
Received 17 Jul 2025Narnia Leafy Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0DR
Received 17 Jul 202550 School Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7JF
Received 17 Jul 2025Bramblehall Farm Oakenden Road Luddesdown Gravesend Kent DA13 0XQ
Received 17 Jul 202596 Beaumont Drive Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9NW
Received 18 Jul 202571 Suffolk Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2SW
Received 18 Jul 2025Atlas Truck And Plant Ltd Highview Longfield Road Longfield Kent DA3 7AP
Received 18 Jul 2025The Whitehouse Watling Street Gravesend Kent DA11 7NU
Received 18 Jul 2025Cedar Avenue Kings Farm Gravesend Kent DA12 5LF
Received 17 Jul 2025Land Adjacent To Thames Way Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8HL
Received 21 Jul 2025Eastcourt Marshes Electricity Substation Mark Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 2HN
Received 21 Jul 2025Harleens Haveli 56C Codrington Crescent Gravesend Kent DA12 5DD
Received 21 Jul 20253 Struttons Avenue Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7EJ
Received 21 Jul 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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