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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.
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Gravesham Borough Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Gravesham Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates7,878Searchable applications
259Recorded as pending
75%Approval rate · 6,432 approved or refused records
1,606Refused applications
4,826 approved · 1,606 refused · 233 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and regenerationLocal plan Local plan and policyPre-application advice Pre-application planning adviceConservation areas Conservation areas
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriesplanning.general@gravesham.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas23 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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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.
More application records
- Certificate Granted20260362
Application for a Proposed Lawful Development Certificate; Installation of a wall mounted security light/camera to front elevation.
8A Constitution Hill Gravesend Kent DA12 1JT
Received 7 Apr 2026 - Certificate Granted20260363
Application for a Proposed Lawful Development Certificate; Installation of a dropped kerb.
22 Chiltern Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8NR
Received 7 Apr 2026 - Certificate Refused20260364
Application for a Proposed Lawful Development Certificate; demolition of existing outbuildings, construction of two new single-storey outbuildings and provision of new hardstanding.
Castle Shaw Wrotham Road Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9EG
Received 8 Apr 2026 - Certificate Granted20260365
Application for a Proposed Lawful Development Certificate; Installation of a dropped kerb.
44 Marks Square Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7HU
Received 8 Apr 2026 - Certificate Granted20260366
Application for a Proposed Lawful Development Certificate for the change of use from a C3 dwelling to a C4 6 person HMO.
32 Brandon Street Gravesend Kent DA11 0PL
Received 8 Apr 2026 - Consent for TPO tree works20260367
Work to Protected Trees; 1 x Ash Tree (T1) remove down to ground level due to Ash die back.
Basant White Post Lane Cobham Gravesend Kent DA13 9AX
Received 8 Apr 2026 - Application Refused20260368
Erection of a single storey rear extension.
2 Pelham Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0HW
Received 8 Apr 2026 - Certificate Refused20260369
Application for a Proposed Lawful Development Certificate; Erection of an outbuilding.
The Beeches Ridge Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0DP
Received 8 Apr 2026 - Application Permitted20260370
Part retrospective erection of an outbuilding for use as a Study and Gym.
13 St Francis Avenue Gravesend Kent DA12 4SJ
Received 9 Apr 2026 - Unknown20260371
Prior approval application for a single storey rear extension with a depth of 6.00 metres, maximum height of 2.78 metres and eaves height of 2.55 metres.
19 St Georges Crescent Gravesend Kent DA12 4AR
Received 9 Apr 2026 - Application Permitted20260372
Retrospective application for erection of a single storey rear extension with roof lanterns.
64 Whitehill Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5PQ
Received 9 Apr 2026 - Application Refused20260373
Demolition of existing bungalow and erection of a self-build single storey dwelling.
43 Beechwood Drive Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0TX
Received 9 Apr 2026 - Application Permitted20260374
Erection of a single storey rear extension and alterations to fenestration.
47 Sallows Shaw Cobham Gravesend Kent DA13 9BP
Received 8 Apr 2026 - Approval of details20260375
Application for approval of condition 12 and 14 attached to planning permission reference number 20251022 relating to details of how the vehicle parking areas formed, surfaced, drained and marked out in accordance with a scheme and a detailed plan(s) showing how the development will enhance biodiversity.
Willow Platt Hermitage Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7NF
Received 10 Apr 2026 - Unknown20260376
Adjacent Authority Application for an amendment to Development Consent Order for Norwich to Tilbury. It is proposed by National Grid to upgrade the electricity transmission system in East Anglia between Norwich and Tilbury. The Project includes a new 400 kilovolt (kv) electricity transmission connection of approximately 184 kilometres (km) in overall length from Norwich Main Substation and Tilbury Substation via Bramford Substation.
Tilbury Power Station Fort Road Tilbury Essex
Received 10 Apr 2026 - Certificate Refused20260377
Application for a Proposed Lawful Development Certificate; Widening of existing dropped kerb.
104 Chalk Road Gravesend Kent DA12 4UZ
Received 13 Apr 2026 - Approval of details20260378
Application for the approval of condition 5 (Biodiversity Gain Plan), condition 6 (Landscape and Ecological Management Plan (LEMP)), condition 8 (Cycle Storage Facilities) and condition 10 (External Lighting) attached to planning reference number 20250130.
Scouts Hall Hampton Crescent Gravesend Kent DA12 4HZ
Received 14 Apr 2026 - Application Permitted20260379
Change of use of an existing building from annex to a dwelling.
Annex 1 At The Granary Little Hermitage Farm Gravesend Road Higham Rochester Kent
Received 14 Apr 2026 - Application Permitted20260380
Replacement of existing extraction flue with extraction system including carbon discarb, fan and silencer.
149 Parrock Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1EY
Received 14 Apr 2026 - Certificate Granted20260381
Application for a Proposed Lawful Development Certificate; Conversion of roof space into habitable rooms with dormer window to rear elevation and 3no. rooflight windows to front elevation.
34 Cricketers Drive Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0AX
Received 14 Apr 2026 - Refusal of Details20260382
Application for the approval of condition 3 (Internal Partition Walls), condition 4 (Fire Doors), condition 5 (Secondary Glazing), condition 6 (Fire and Sound Proofing), condition 7 (External Lime Render), condition 8 (Pipework and Ventilation) and condition 9 (Refuse and Recycling Storage) attached to planning reference number 20250339.
20 Stone Street Gravesend Kent DA11 0NP
Received 14 Apr 2026 - Consent tree works in Conservation Area20260383
Works to trees in a Conservation Area; 1 x Common Ash Tree (T1) maintenance work to remove branch touching wires facing north east and reduce branches encroaching on wires facing south east.
7 Kent Terrace Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0AW
Received 14 Apr 2026 - Certificate Granted20260384
Application for a Proposed Lawful Development Certificate; Erection of a single storey rear extension.
Walnut Hill Nursery Walnut Hill Road Gravesend Kent DA13 9HL
Received 14 Apr 2026 - Certificate Granted20260385
Application for a Proposed Lawful Development Certificate; Widening of existing dropped kerb.
37 Durndale Lane Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8PF
Received 14 Apr 2026
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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What these statistics cover
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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