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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.
4,804 approved · 1,597 refused · 232 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Britannia Refined Metals Ltd Lower Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9BG
Received 28 Jan 2026Plot Formerly Known As The Ravens Rhododendron Avenue Meopham Gravesend Kent
Received 28 Jan 2026Land North Of Dawes Cottage Northfleet Green Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA13 9PN
Received 28 Jan 202668 South Hill Road Gravesend Kent DA12 1JZ
Received 28 Jan 2026The Red House Wrangling Lane Luddesdown Gravesend Kent DA13 0XF
Received 29 Jan 2026Meadow House The Street Cobham Gravesend Kent DA12 3BZ
Received 29 Jan 202624 Packham Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7JH
Received 30 Jan 20266 Wingfield Bank Cottages Springhead Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8HT
Received 30 Jan 202648 Parrock Road Gravesend Kent DA12 1QH
Received 29 Jan 2026Altamirano Sole Street Cobham Gravesend Kent DA12 3AX
Received 30 Jan 2026The Builders Yard Lower Range Road Gravesend Kent
Received 30 Jan 2026The Builders Yard Lower Range Road Gravesend Kent
Received 30 Jan 202613 The Hive Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9DE
Received 2 Feb 20265 The Yews Gravesend Kent DA12 1PA
Received 2 Feb 202629 Winters Croft Gravesend Kent DA12 5EA
Received 2 Feb 2026Land Adjacent To 33 Ivy Close Gravesend Kent DA12 5NP
Received 2 Feb 2026Meadow House The Street Cobham Gravesend Kent DA12 3BZ
Received 2 Feb 202681 Peacock Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1EG
Received 2 Feb 202655 Vigilant Way Gravesend Kent DA12 4PW
Received 2 Feb 2026Newgale Gravesend Road Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3JJ
Received 2 Feb 2026The Moorings Dillywood Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7NT
Received 2 Feb 2026256 Singlewell Road Gravesend Kent DA11 7RE
Received 3 Feb 2026Site Of Former Police Station 133 Windmill Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1DB
Received 3 Feb 2026Luddesdown Court Luddesdown Road Luddesdown Gravesend Kent DA13 0XE
Received 3 Feb 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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