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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.
4,830 approved · 1,606 refused · 233 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Flat 2 Berkley House 96 Windmill Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1LE
Received 14 Apr 2026The Old Carpenters Shop Lodge Lane Cobham Gravesend Kent DA12 3BS
Received 14 Apr 202648 Parrock Road Gravesend Kent DA12 1QH
Received 15 Apr 2026Distarti Rhododendron Avenue Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0TT
Received 15 Apr 20261A - 1B Wellington Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1JA
Received 15 Apr 2026Land At Laburnum Grove Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9PY
Received 15 Apr 2026Ticino Norwood Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0YE
Received 16 Apr 20266 Bramblebank Vigo Gravesend Kent DA13 0TF
Received 16 Apr 2026The Flat Mid Kent Golf Club Singlewell Road Gravesend Kent DA11 7RB
Received 16 Apr 20265 Forge Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7AS
Received 14 Apr 2026Mill House Hermitage Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7ND
Received 17 Apr 2026Mill House Hermitage Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7ND
Received 17 Apr 202624 Dover Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9QD
Received 17 Apr 2026Car Park Milton Place Gravesend Kent DA12 2BT
Received 17 Apr 2026Land At St Albans Close Gravesend Kent DA12 5SE
Received 17 Apr 2026Former Fleet Leisure Nelson Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7EE
Received 17 Apr 20261 Gabriel Gardens Gravesend Kent DA12 4QD
Received 17 Apr 20262 Dene Holm Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8LE
Received 17 Apr 2026Walnut Hill Nursery Walnut Hill Road Gravesend Kent DA13 9HL
Received 17 Apr 202668 Windsor Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5BN
Received 17 Apr 20266 Carton Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7EB
Received 17 Apr 20267 Warwick Gardens Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0PJ
Received 17 Apr 202620 Elwill Way Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9JT
Received 20 Apr 20264 Evesham Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5PP
Received 20 Apr 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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