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.
4,765 approved · 1,577 refused · 230 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Apr 1983 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
183 - 185 Parrock Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1EN
Received 14 Oct 2025183 - 185 Parrock Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1EN
Received 14 Oct 2025Hope House Ridge Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0DP
Received 14 Oct 2025Land At Market Car Parks Bank Street Gravesend Kent
Received 14 Oct 202540 Cross Lane East Gravesend Kent DA12 5HB
Received 14 Oct 20252 Pelham Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0HW
Received 14 Oct 202510 Irvine Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7AA
Received 14 Oct 20252 Irvine Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7AA
Received 14 Oct 2025Land At Market Car Parks Bank Street Gravesend Kent
Received 13 Oct 2025Land South Of White Post Lane Cobham Gravesend Kent
Received 15 Oct 202512 Windmill Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1AD
Received 15 Oct 2025Land Adjacent To And To The Rear Of Elm Close Old Manor Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 1QD
Received 15 Oct 2025Camer Studio Camer Street Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0XR
Received 15 Oct 2025Land At Market Square And Horn Yard Car Parks New Swan Yard Gravesend DA12 2EN
Received 15 Oct 2025Former Chalk Scout Hall Castle Lane Gravesend Kent
Received 15 Oct 202546 Tennyson Walk Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8LR
Received 15 Oct 2025Harvel House Farm Harvel Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0DH
Received 15 Oct 2025Rockley House Wrotham Road Culverstone Gravesend Kent DA13 0QN
Received 16 Oct 2025136 Timber Bank Vigo Gravesend Kent DA13 0SW
Received 16 Oct 20257 The Coach Drive Vigo Gravesend Kent DA13 0SZ
Received 15 Oct 2025Land Adjacent To Northfleet Premier Mart 69A Stonebridge Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9DT
Received 17 Oct 20251 Sunny Side Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0AP
Received 17 Oct 2025Pavement Outside 15-16 New Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0AA
Received 17 Oct 2025Pavement Outside 15-16 New Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0AA
Received 17 Oct 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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