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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.
4,738 approved · 1,571 refused · 229 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
47 Rochester Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2JN
Received 11 Sept 202537 Wrotham Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0PN
Received 12 Sept 2025Annexe At 3 Havisham Road Gravesend Kent
Received 15 Sept 202564 Stanley Crescent Gravesend Kent DA12 5SY
Received 15 Sept 20253 Carton Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7EB
Received 15 Sept 202515 Croftside Vigo Gravesend Kent DA13 0SH
Received 15 Sept 2025The Whitehouse Watling Street Gravesend Kent DA11 7NU
Received 16 Sept 2025Alzheimers And Dementia Support Northfleet Day Centre Coldharbour Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8AE
Received 16 Sept 2025The Lion PH Luddesdown Road Luddesdown Gravesend Kent DA13 0XE
Received 16 Sept 202521 Darenth Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 4TA
Received 16 Sept 2025Land At Market Car Parks Bank Street Gravesend Kent DA12 2EN
Received 16 Sept 202510 Court Lodge Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3EQ
Received 16 Sept 202523 Vicarage Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 4TF
Received 16 Sept 2025Land At Crete Hall Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 16 Sept 202511 Parrock Road Gravesend Kent DA12 1PY
Received 17 Sept 2025Chicken World 30 Queen Street Gravesend Kent DA12 2EE
Received 17 Sept 2025132 Timber Bank Vigo Gravesend Kent DA13 0SW
Received 17 Sept 20259 Gazelle Glade Gravesend Kent DA12 4PU
Received 17 Sept 202516 Cygnet Gardens Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7DN
Received 17 Sept 2025Former Tollgate Hotel Watling Street Gravesend Kent
Received 23 Sept 2024Britannia Refined Metals Ltd Lower Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9BG
Received 17 Sept 2025Cellar Door Shop Luddesdown Road Luddesdown Gravesend Kent DA13 0XE
Received 19 Sept 2025Denton Wharf Mark Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 2PL
Received 19 Sept 202590 Downs Road Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9HQ
Received 19 Sept 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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