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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.
4,719 approved · 1,564 refused · 229 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Apr 1983 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Little Hermitage Gravesend Road Higham Rochester Kent
Received 28 Jul 2025Little Hermitage Gravesend Road Higham Rochester Kent
Received 28 Jul 20252 Kelso Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 4NR
Received 28 Jul 2025Abacus Corner Land East Of College Road And South Of The Creek Nortfleet Kent DA11 9AU
Received 28 Jul 2025Land At Dalefield Way (East) Gravesend Kent DA12 2FL
Received 29 Jul 2025Land South Of White Post Lane White Post Lane Cobham Gravesend Kent DA13 9AX
Received 29 Jul 2025297 Highview Vigo Gravesend Kent DA13 0UY
Received 29 Jul 202599B Packham Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7HX
Received 29 Jul 2025127 Dene Holm Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8LG
Received 29 Jul 2025127 Dene Holm Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8LG
Received 29 Jul 202510 Hill Close Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9DD
Received 30 Jul 2025Port Of London Authority London River House Royal Pier Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2BG
Received 30 Jul 2025Former Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara Clarence Place Gravesend Kent DA12 1LD
Received 30 Jul 202517 Havisham Road Gravesend Kent DA12 4UW
Received 30 Jul 2025Orchard House Thong Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 4AD
Received 30 Jul 202519 The Fairway Gravesend Kent DA11 7LN
Received 30 Jul 202510 Sirdar Strand Gravesend Kent DA12 4LP
Received 31 Jul 2025Land And Buildings At Seacon Site Tower Wharf Lower Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9BD
Received 31 Jul 2025Land And Buildings At Seacon Site Tower Wharf Lower Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9BD
Received 31 Jul 2025Broadeaves Bowesden Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3LA
Received 31 Jul 20252A Christianfields Avenue Gravesend Kent DA12 5NF
Received 1 Aug 2025West Buckland Camer Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0XP
Received 1 Aug 2025West Buckland Camer Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0XP
Received 1 Aug 20252 Rowmarsh Close Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8NF
Received 1 Aug 2025Records 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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