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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.
4,793 approved · 1,590 refused · 232 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Aurora Whitehill Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0NY
Received 5 Jan 202643 Field Lane Gravesend Kent DA11 7FY
Received 6 Jan 20264 Lanes Avenue Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7HR
Received 6 Jan 2026Worplesdon Leith Park Road Gravesend Kent DA12 1LW
Received 6 Jan 202662 Kings Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 5BJ
Received 6 Jan 2026Longreach 27 The Russets Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0HH
Received 6 Jan 2026Filborough Farm Lower Higham Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2NY
Received 7 Jan 2026Filborough Farm Lower Higham Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2NY
Received 7 Jan 202634 The Street Cobham Gravesend Kent DA12 3BZ
Received 7 Jan 202624 New Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0LS
Received 8 Jan 202633 Brenchley Avenue Gravesend Kent DA11 7RG
Received 8 Jan 2026Telecommunications Station Thames Way Gravesend Kent DA11 9ND
Received 7 Jan 2026Santa Maria Wilsons Way Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0DW
Received 9 Jan 2026Willow Platt Hermitage Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7NF
Received 9 Jan 20261 Hall Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8AW
Received 9 Jan 202618 Hill Close Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9DD
Received 9 Jan 2026Bluebells Willow Walk Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0QS
Received 9 Jan 2026Chambers Farm Town Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 8ER
Received 12 Jan 2026Chambers Farm Town Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 8ER
Received 12 Jan 202626 King Street Gravesend Kent DA12 2DU
Received 12 Jan 202626 King Street Gravesend Kent DA12 2DU
Received 12 Jan 2026Meopham Village Green Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent
Received 12 Jan 2026Land At Market Square And Horn Yard Car Parks New Swan Yard Gravesend DA12 2EN
Received 14 Jan 2026Land At St Albans Close Gravesend Kent DA12 5SE
Received 14 Jan 2026Records 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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