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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.
4,800 approved · 1,595 refused · 232 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
42 Ingoldsby Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2LQ
Received 22 Jan 2026Milton Place Car Park Gravesend Kent DA12 2BT
Received 23 Jan 2026Land At Former Northfleet Cement Works The Shore Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 23 Jan 202617 Ivy Close Gravesend Kent DA12 5NP
Received 23 Jan 2026Office 4 1 Waterman House Lord Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1AW
Received 23 Jan 2026Cape Cottage Manor Field Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3DX
Received 23 Jan 202626 King Street Gravesend Kent DA12 2DU
Received 26 Jan 202626 King Street Gravesend Kent DA12 2DU
Received 26 Jan 202626 King Street Gravesend Kent DA12 2DU
Received 26 Jan 2026The Kings Veg 7 King Street Gravesend Kent DA12 2EB
Received 26 Jan 202616 Clipper Crescent Gravesend Kent DA12 4NN
Received 26 Jan 2026The Boundary 1 Wellington Cottages Meopham Green Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0PZ
Received 26 Jan 202681 St Gregorys Crescent Gravesend Kent DA12 4JR
Received 26 Jan 2026Basque Cottage Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0QA
Received 26 Jan 2026The Ship Inn 14 The Street Cobham Gravesend Kent DA12 3BN
Received 27 Jan 2026The Ship Inn 14 The Street Cobham Gravesend Kent DA12 3BN
Received 27 Jan 202620 Orchard Avenue Gravesend Kent DA11 7NX
Received 27 Jan 20268 The Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 4BZ
Received 27 Jan 2026Side Garden Of 4 Golf Links Avenue Gravesend Kent DA11 7PA
Received 27 Jan 202635A Arthur Street Gravesend Kent DA11 0PR
Received 27 Jan 2026267 Singlewell Road Gravesend Kent DA11 7RN
Received 28 Jan 2026Land At Market Square And Horn Yard Car Parks New Swan Yard Gravesend DA12 2EN
Received 28 Jan 202653 Villa Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7BU
Received 28 Jan 20263 St Davids Crescent Gravesend Kent DA12 4AS
Received 28 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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