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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.
4,746 approved · 1,573 refused · 229 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
40 Hillingdon Road Gravesend Kent DA11 7LG
Received 25 Sept 202527 Coutts Avenue Shorne Gravesend Kent
Received 25 Sept 202520 Appleshaw Close Gravesend Kent DA11 7PB
Received 26 Sept 2025Land At Market Square And Horn Yard Car Parks New Swan Yard Gravesend DA12 2EN
Received 26 Sept 2025Land At Market Square And Horn Yard Car Parks New Swan Yard Gravesend DA12 2EN
Received 26 Sept 202521 St Chads Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 4EL
Received 26 Sept 2025Outside 10 & 12 Springhead Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 26 Sept 2025Land On East Side Of Nurstead Avenue Longfield Dartford Kent DA3 7HG
Received 26 Sept 2025Bluebells Willow Walk Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0QS
Received 29 Sept 2025The Red House Wrangling Lane Luddesdown Gravesend Kent DA13 0XF
Received 29 Sept 2025Former Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara Clarence Place Gravesend Kent DA12 1LD
Received 29 Sept 2025St Margarets Hermitage Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7ND
Received 29 Sept 2025Abacus Corner Land East Of College Road And South Of The Creek Northfleet Kent DA11 9AU
Received 26 Sept 2025Land At Market Square And Horn Yard Car Parks New Swan Yard Gravesend DA12 2EN
Received 30 Sept 2025Land At Former Northfleet Cement Works The Shore Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9AN
Received 29 Sept 2025Pavement Outside 30 New Road Gravesend Kent
Received 1 Oct 2025Pavement Outside 30 New Road Gravesend Kent
Received 1 Oct 2025125 Wellington Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1JE
Received 1 Oct 2025232 Singlewell Road Gravesend Kent DA11 7RE
Received 1 Oct 2025232 Singlewell Road Gravesend Kent DA11 7RE
Received 1 Oct 202554 Pelham Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0HZ
Received 1 Oct 202560 Livingstone Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5DZ
Received 2 Oct 2025153 Lower Higham Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2NW
Received 2 Oct 202532 Longfield Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0EN
Received 1 Oct 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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