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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.
4,783 approved · 1,587 refused · 232 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
43 Beechwood Drive Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0TX
Received 1 Dec 2025Bluebells Willow Walk Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0QS
Received 1 Dec 202548 Nursery Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0NF
Received 1 Dec 2025Former Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara Clarence Place Gravesend Kent DA12 1LD
Received 2 Dec 20254 Ashleigh Close Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0TS
Received 2 Dec 2025Taralee Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0HP
Received 2 Dec 2025The Coach House West Down Farm Shipley Hills Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0JP
Received 2 Dec 2025Farmcroft Church Street Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7LP
Received 3 Dec 2025Guru Nanak Sports Club Trinity Road Gravesend Kent DA12 1LU
Received 3 Dec 2025St Josephs Convent Of Mercy Hillside Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 1NY
Received 3 Dec 2025Land At Rose Farm Downs Road Istead Rise Gravesend Kent
Received 4 Dec 202520 Hadley Close Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0NX
Received 4 Dec 2025Petrol Filling Station Morrisons Coldharbour Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8AB
Received 4 Dec 202510 Court Lodge Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3EQ
Received 5 Dec 2025Happy Shopper 9 The Hive Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9DE
Received 5 Dec 202554 Britannia Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 4RR
Received 5 Dec 20254 Melliker Cottages Melliker Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0HZ
Received 5 Dec 20251 Hanbury Cottages The Ridgeway Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3LH
Received 8 Dec 202582 Cross Lane East Gravesend Kent DA12 5HB
Received 8 Dec 2025Land At Former Northfleet Cement Works The Shore Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9AN
Received 8 Dec 2025Units 3-4 Bowes Industrial Centre Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0QB
Received 8 Dec 202522 Biddenden Way Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9DF
Received 8 Dec 20254 Warwick Gardens Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0PJ
Received 8 Dec 2025St Josephs Convent Of Mercy Hillside Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 1NY
Received 8 Dec 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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