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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.
4,760 approved · 1,577 refused · 230 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
61 Smarts Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5AG
Received 7 Oct 2025National Gas South Of Shornemead Fort Queens Farm Road Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 8HU
Received 8 Oct 202537 Forge Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7AJ
Received 8 Oct 20251 The Coach Drive Vigo Gravesend Kent DA13 0SZ
Received 8 Oct 202556 Strand Close Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0EQ
Received 8 Oct 2025Blandings Crutches Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME2 3UH
Received 9 Oct 2025Willow Platt Hermitage Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7NF
Received 10 Oct 202560 Lanes Avenue Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7HS
Received 10 Oct 202526 St Columbas Close Gravesend Kent DA12 4AH
Received 10 Oct 2025Land At St Columbas Close Gravesend Kent
Received 10 Oct 202577 St Francis Avenue Gravesend Kent DA12 4SZ
Received 10 Oct 202531A Coutts Avenue Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3HJ
Received 10 Oct 20254 Sorrel Way Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8TE
Received 10 Oct 2025Painters Ash Lane Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 13 Oct 20252 Green Farm Cottages Lower Road Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3HT
Received 13 Oct 20259 Lawrence Drive Cobham Gravesend Kent DA12 3BU
Received 13 Oct 2025Fairlight Melliker Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0HY
Received 13 Oct 20255 The Coach Drive Vigo Gravesend Kent DA13 0SZ
Received 13 Oct 2025Communication Station The Parade Valley Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 5RT
Received 13 Oct 2025Land West Of Norwood Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0YE
Received 13 Oct 202540 Gwynn Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8AR
Received 13 Oct 2025Land At Court Wood Gravesend Road Shorne Gravesend Kent
Received 13 Oct 2025High Trees Willow Walk Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0QS
Received 13 Oct 2025Cobham House Vineyard Gold Street Cobham Gravesend Kent DA12 3AA
Received 18 Jun 2024Records 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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