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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.
4,807 approved · 1,599 refused · 232 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rose House Gravesend Road Wrotham Sevenoaks Kent TN15 7JL
Received 3 Feb 202649 St James Avenue Gravesend Kent DA11 0EZ
Received 30 Jan 202644 Lewis Road Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9JG
Received 4 Feb 202626 Johns Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0LP
Received 4 Feb 202648 Nursery Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0NF
Received 3 Feb 202662 Taunton Vale Gravesend Kent DA12 5RB
Received 5 Feb 2026Petrol Filling Station Morrisons Coldharbour Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8AB
Received 5 Feb 2026Land North Of Cherry Trees Ridge Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent
Received 5 Feb 2026Appledore South Street Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0QN
Received 4 Feb 2026Outfall Cottages Dering Way Gravesend Kent
Received 6 Feb 2026Northfleet School For Girls Hall Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8AQ
Received 6 Feb 202617 Elliott Street Gravesend Kent DA12 2JP
Received 6 Feb 202637 Flowerhill Way Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9DS
Received 6 Feb 202612 Gore Green Cottages Gore Green Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7HJ
Received 6 Feb 202639 Hollybush Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5QG
Received 6 Feb 202628 Beltana Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 4BS
Received 6 Feb 202631 Overcliffe Gravesend Kent DA11 0EH
Received 9 Feb 202630 Overcliffe Gravesend Kent DA11 0EH
Received 9 Feb 202627 Cobham Street Gravesend Kent
Received 9 Feb 2026Dene Holm House Dene Holm Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8JY
Received 9 Feb 202617 Cobham Street Gravesend Kent DA11 0SB
Received 9 Feb 202625 Hermitage Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7DD
Received 6 Feb 202612 Mallow Close Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8TF
Received 9 Feb 20263 Wilfred Street Gravesend Kent DA12 2HA
Received 9 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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