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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.
4,717 approved · 1,563 refused · 229 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
103 Old Road East Gravesend Kent DA12 1PB
Received 21 Jul 202582 Cross Lane East Gravesend Kent DA12 5HB
Received 22 Jul 202551 Nickleby Road Gravesend Kent DA12 4UQ
Received 22 Jul 202510 Leith Park Road Gravesend Kent DA12 1LN
Received 22 Jul 202559 South Hill Road Gravesend Kent DA12 1JZ
Received 22 Jul 202533 Bellman Avenue Gravesend Kent DA12 1RF
Received 23 Jul 2025110 Singlewell Road Gravesend Kent DA11 7PT
Received 23 Jul 2025FM Conway Imperial Wharf Clifton Marine Parade Gravesend Kent DA11 0DY
Received 23 Jul 202533 Bellman Avenue Gravesend Kent DA12 1RF
Received 23 Jul 2025Morrisons Coldharbour Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8AB
Received 23 Jul 202553 Kent Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0SZ
Received 24 Jul 2025Dalefield Industrial Park Dalefield Way Gravesend Kent DA12 2FL
Received 24 Jul 20259 Orchard Avenue Gravesend Kent DA11 7NX
Received 24 Jul 202516 Cygnet Gardens Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7DN
Received 25 Jul 2025Carl Ekman House Tooley Street Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 25 Jul 2025British Gas Property Division Gas Holder Canal Road Gravesend Kent
Received 25 Jul 2025193 Colyer Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8AT
Received 25 Jul 2025Land At Former Northfleet Cement Works The Shore Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9AN
Received 25 Jul 202544 - 46 The Grove Gravesend Kent DA12 1DF
Received 28 Jul 2025Eastcourt Marshes Electricity Substation Mark Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 2HN
Received 28 Jul 2025Eastcourt Marshes Electricity Substation Mark Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 2HN
Received 28 Jul 2025Eastcourt Marshes Electricity Substation Mark Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 2HN
Received 28 Jul 2025Eastcourt Marshes Electricity Substation Mark Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 2HN
Received 28 Jul 202518 Pelham Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0HW
Received 28 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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