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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.
4,813 approved · 1,601 refused · 232 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Telephone Call Box Junction Of Love Lane And Parrock Street Gravesend Kent
Received 2 Mar 2026Telephone Call Box Junction Of Coopers Road And Perry Street Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 2 Mar 2026Telephone Call Box Junction Of Albion Terrace And Russell Road Gravesend Kent
Received 2 Mar 2026Land Adjacent To 11 Dombey Close And 7 Brice Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7AE
Received 2 Mar 2026Cascades Leisure Centre Thong Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 4LG
Received 3 Mar 2026Cascades Leisure Centre Thong Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 4LG
Received 3 Mar 202618 Cruden Road Gravesend Kent DA12 4HD
Received 3 Mar 2026Meopham Green Baptist Church Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0QA
Received 3 Mar 2026Garages Rear Of 2 - 28 Campbell Road Gravesend Kent
Received 3 Mar 2026The Woodlands 217 Wrotham Road Gravesend Kent
Received 3 Mar 202621 Mottram Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9FH
Received 3 Mar 2026Clements Reach Farmhouse Shipley Hills Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0AD
Received 4 Mar 2026Gralin Cottage 53A The Street Cobham Gravesend Kent DA12 3BX
Received 4 Mar 202647 The Avenue Gravesend Kent DA11 0LX
Received 5 Mar 202655 Flowerhill Way Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9DS
Received 5 Mar 2026Abbey Farm Barn Church Street Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7LS
Received 5 Mar 202647 The Avenue Gravesend Kent DA11 0LX
Received 5 Mar 202647 The Avenue Gravesend Kent DA11 0LX
Received 5 Mar 202618 Chiltern Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8NR
Received 4 Mar 2026Abacus Corner Land East Of College Road And South Of The Creek Northfleet Kent DA11 9AU
Received 5 Mar 2026Whitehall Place 47 The Terrace Gravesend Kent DA12 2DL
Received 6 Mar 2026Farmcroft Church Street Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7LP
Received 6 Mar 2026White House Farm School Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7JH
Received 6 Mar 2026Premier Inn Hever Court Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5UQ
Received 6 Mar 2026Records 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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