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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.
4,861 approved · 1,612 refused · 233 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
16 Dover Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9QG
Received 15 Jun 202626 The Rise Gravesend Kent DA12 4BX
Received 16 Jun 2026354 Thong Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 4LH
Received 16 Jun 20266 The Downage Gravesend Kent DA11 7NB
Received 16 Jun 2026Land West Of Steeles Wood Wrotham Road South Street Meopham Kent
Received 17 Jun 20264 Monkreed Villas Longfield Road Longfield Kent DA3 7AR
Received 17 Jun 2026Woodlands Sallows Shaw Cobham Gravesend Kent DA13 9BP
Received 17 Jun 20264 Monkreed Villas Longfield Road Longfield Kent DA3 7AR
Received 18 Jun 2026St Andrews Gardens Royal Pier Road Gravesend Kent
Received 18 Jun 2026Land Adjacent To 4 Cheneys Cottages Thong Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 4AA
Received 18 Jun 2026Station Storage Former Coal Yard Meopham Railway Station Station Approach Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0LU
Received 19 Jun 202650 Whitehill Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5PG
Received 19 Jun 2026249 Valley Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 5SQ
Received 19 Jun 2026Tourmalane 63 Old Watling Street Gravesend Kent DA11 7NT
Received 19 Jun 2026Boughurst Farm Leywood Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0UD
Received 19 Jun 202628 Truro Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5RE
Received 22 Jun 2026Custom House The Terrace Gravesend Kent
Received 22 Jun 2026Change Grow Live 8 - 9 Berkley Crescent Gravesend Kent DA12 2AH
Received 23 Jun 2026Change Grow Live 8 - 9 Berkley Crescent Gravesend Kent DA12 2AH
Received 23 Jun 202613 Ascot Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5AL
Received 23 Jun 2026Green Farm Cottages Lower Road Shorne Gravesend Kent
Received 24 Jun 202676 New Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0AF
Received 24 Jun 202612 Gore Green Cottages Gore Green Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7HJ
Received 24 Jun 202676 New Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0AF
Received 25 Jun 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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