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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.
4,769 approved · 1,578 refused · 231 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
53 Villa Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7BU
Received 28 Oct 202510 Struttons Avenue Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7EJ
Received 29 Oct 202522 Long Walk Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9HH
Received 29 Oct 2025125 Downs Road Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9HD
Received 29 Oct 2025St Josephs Convent Of Mercy Hillside Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 1NY
Received 29 Oct 2025Nurstead Stables Nurstead Avenue Longfield Dartford Kent
Received 29 Oct 2025Beech Stables 2 Ifield Farm Shorne Ifield Road Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3HE
Received 30 Oct 202533 Brenchley Avenue Gravesend Kent DA11 7RG
Received 30 Oct 202532 Brenchley Avenue Gravesend Kent DA11 7RQ
Received 30 Oct 20255 Austin Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7BP
Received 31 Oct 20256 Carton Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7EB
Received 31 Oct 2025Brookvale Depot Springhead Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8HW
Received 31 Oct 202524 Valley Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 5RS
Received 31 Oct 2025Land Part Of Tilbury Energy Centre (Tilbury 3) Tilbury Power Station Fort Road Tilbury Essex
Received 31 Oct 202532 Lewis Road Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9JG
Received 3 Nov 202532 Lewis Road Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9JG
Received 3 Nov 2025240 Lower Higham Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2NR
Received 3 Nov 20255 St Marks Avenue Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9LN
Received 3 Nov 2025The Bungalow Gravesend Road Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3JJ
Received 4 Nov 20251 Rose Cottages Town Road Cliffe Woods Rochester Medway ME3 8EP
Received 4 Nov 2025Viewpoint Place Rochester Road Gravesend Kent DA12 4TU
Received 4 Nov 2025Kimberly Clark Ltd Northfleet Mill Crete Hall Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9AD
Received 4 Nov 2025Land West Of Norwood Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0YE
Received 5 Nov 202530 Queens Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5JP
Received 5 Nov 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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