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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.
4,727 approved · 1,568 refused · 229 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Land At Crete Hall Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 19 Aug 2025Land Outside 16 Martins Close Higham Rochester Kent
Received 13 Aug 202526 And 28 Cambria Crescent Gravesend Kent DA12 4NH
Received 20 Aug 2025Britannia Refined Metals Ltd Lower Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9BG
Received 20 Aug 2025Langton House Meopham Green Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0PY
Received 21 Aug 2025Brookers Farm Luddesdown Road Luddesdown Gravesend Kent DA13 0XE
Received 22 Aug 2025Brookers Farm Luddesdown Road Luddesdown Gravesend Kent DA13 0XE
Received 22 Aug 202540 St Chads Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 4EL
Received 22 Aug 202520 Harmer Street Gravesend Kent
Received 22 Aug 2025Unit 23 Apex Business Park Queens Farm Road Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3HU
Received 26 Aug 2025The Foresters Arms PH 150 Parrock Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1ER
Received 26 Aug 202528 Dogwood Close Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8PJ
Received 26 Aug 2025Sunnyside Valley Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 5UE
Received 26 Aug 202523 Viking Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8ET
Received 26 Aug 202536 Aspdin Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8LY
Received 26 Aug 2025Hook Green Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent
Received 26 Aug 202592 Ferndale Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5AE
Received 27 Aug 2025Lenton Garth Racefield Close Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3EL
Received 27 Aug 2025Arnold Avenue Meopham Gravesend Kent
Received 27 Aug 2025Junction Of Manor Road Sole Street Cobham Gravesend Kent DA12 3AX
Received 27 Aug 2025Green Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent
Received 27 Aug 2025Longfield Road Junction Of Wrotham Road DA13 0JL
Received 27 Aug 202512 Arcadia Road Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9EH
Received 27 Aug 20254 Lanes Avenue Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7HR
Received 28 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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