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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
Gravesham Borough Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Gravesham Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates7,829Searchable applications
259Recorded as pending
75%Approval rate · 6,392 approved or refused records
1,594Refused applications
4,798 approved · 1,594 refused · 232 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and regenerationLocal plan Local plan and policyPre-application advice Pre-application planning adviceConservation areas Conservation areas
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriesplanning.general@gravesham.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas23 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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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.
More application records
- Certificate Granted20260057
Application for a Proposed Lawful Development Certificate; Installation of a dropped kerb and front driveway.
39 Ridgeway Avenue Gravesend Kent DA12 5BD
Received 19 Jan 2026 - Certificate Granted20260058
Application for a Proposed Lawful Development Certificate; Installation of a dropped kerb and front driveway.
124 Colyer Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8AS
Received 19 Jan 2026 - Approval of details20260059
Application for the approval of condition 3 and 4 attached to planning permission reference number 20250582 relating to internal doors, partitions and other internal additions/features details of their material, design, specification, method of opening, method of fixing and finish (3), full details of the siting, appearance and materials to be used in the construction of all extractor vents, heater flues, meter boxes, airbricks, soil and vent pipes, rainwater goods or any other external accretion (4).
The George Inn Hever Court Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5UQ
Received 19 Jan 2026 - Certificate Refused20260060
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a construction of an outbuilding.
68 Windsor Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5BN
Received 19 Jan 2026 - Application Permitted20260061
Formation of an additional dropped kerb to provide an in-and-out driveway arrangement.
68 Windsor Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5BN
Received 19 Jan 2026 - Application Permitted20260062
Application for Listed Building Consent for the replacement of C20th windows and external doors with purpose made windows and doors.
Norwood Farm House Norwood Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0YF
Received 19 Jan 2026 - Application Refused20260063
Erection of a two storey front extension, a two storey side extension, and a single-storey rear extension.
68 Windsor Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5BN
Received 19 Jan 2026 - Application Permitted20260064
Application for Listed Building Consent; Erection of a wall and railings to front of building.
196 Parrock Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1EW
Received 19 Jan 2026 - Approval of Non-material amendment20260065
Application for a non-material amendment to planning permission reference number 20230794 to allow amendment to layout of front boundary wall and railings.
196 Parrock Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1EW
Received 19 Jan 2026 - Application Permitted20260066
Change of Use of dwelling to a self-contained one bedroom flat at basement level and a six bed, seven person HMO above, with rear outbuilding for cycle and bin stores.
49 Pier Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9NB
Received 19 Jan 2026 - Unknown20260067
The Electronic Communications Code (Conditions and restrictions) Regulations 2003 (as amended) - Regulation 5 Notice of Intention to Install Fixed Line Broadband Apparatus comprising of 1no. 9M Light Wooden Pole.
Outside 25 Fairview Road Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9DP
Received 16 Jan 2026 - Unknown20260068
The Electronic Communications Code (Conditions and restrictions) Regulations 2003 (as amended) - Regulation 5 Notice of Intention to Install Fixed Line Broadband Apparatus comprising of 1no. 9M Light Wooden Pole.
Outside 1 Rosegarth Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9HT
Received 16 Jan 2026 - Unknown20260069
Demolition of existing garages and construction of new attached three-bedroom dwelling
Land Adjacent To 53 Stanbrook Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0JW
Received 20 Jan 2026 - Certificate Granted20260070
Application for a Proposed Lawful Development Certificate; Siting of a mobile home.
Carousel 61 Rhododendron Avenue Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0TU
Received 20 Jan 2026 - Unknown20260071
The Electronic Communications Code (Conditions and restrictions) Regulations 2003 (as amended) - Regulation 5 Notice of The installation of 9No. Antenna on new steelwork; Refreshment of equipment withing the existing equipment cabinet; All ancillary development thereto including but not limited to 15No. RRU's.
Communication Station Watling Street Higham Rochester Kent ME2 3UA
Received 19 Jan 2026 - Consent tree works in Conservation Area20260072
Works to trees in a Conservation Area; Horse Chestnut Tree to be felled in its entirety due to decay.
Meopham Village Green Adjacent To Cottages Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent
Received 19 Jan 2026 - Consent tree works in Conservation Area20260073
Works to trees in a Conservation Area; Horse Chestnut Tree to be felled, stump ground and replanted with suitable native species.
Meopham Village Green Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent
Received 19 Jan 2026 - Application Permitted20260074
Erection of a single storey side/rear extension.
32 Silver Birch Avenue Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0TP
Received 21 Jan 2026 - Consent tree works in Conservation Area20260075
Works to trees in a Conservation Area; Removal of Norway Spruce and Lawson's Cypress from front garden.
1 Abbey Farm Cottages Church Street Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7LS
Received 21 Jan 2026 - Application Permitted20260076
Retrospective application for change of use from agricultural land to commercial vehicle park with reduction of ground levels and addition of hard standing.
Homelea Farm Green Farm Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3HL
Received 22 Jan 2026 - Application Permitted20260077
Demolition of conservatory and erection of a single storey rear extension.
4 Mountside Close Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9FD
Received 22 Jan 2026 - Application Permitted20260078
Erection of a single storey front extension to form a porch and fenestration alterations.
The Laurels Beechway Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0HQ
Received 22 Jan 2026 - Application Permitted20260079
Retrospective creation of driveway and the installation of a dropped kerb
23 Taunton Vale Gravesend Kent DA12 5QZ
Received 22 Jan 2026 - Refusal of Details20260080
Application for the approval of condition 3, 4 and 6 (Materials) attached to planning reference number 20250184.
38 Windmill Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1BA
Received 22 Jan 2026
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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What these statistics cover
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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