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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.
4,888 approved · 1,622 refused · 233 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 St Columbas Close Gravesend Kent DA12 4AH
Received 17 Aug 2026195 Parrock Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1EW
Received 17 Aug 2026195 Parrock Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1EW
Received 17 Aug 2026Wendover Lower Rochester Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7HD
Received 17 Aug 2026Cobham Cricket Club Recreation Ground The Street Cobham Gravesend Kent
Received 18 Aug 202644 - 46 The Grove Gravesend Kent DA12 1DF
Received 18 Aug 202641 Park Avenue Gravesend Kent DA12 1NS
Received 18 Aug 2026Bramleys Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0AQ
Received 14 Aug 20264 Gouge Avenue Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8DP
Received 19 Aug 2026Tourmalane 63 Old Watling Street Gravesend Kent DA11 7NT
Received 19 Aug 2026Farmcroft Church Street Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7LP
Received 19 Aug 202634 The Fairway Gravesend Kent DA11 7LW
Received 19 Aug 202623 Walmers Avenue Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7EH
Received 20 Aug 202622 Goodwood Crescent Gravesend Kent DA12 5EL
Received 21 Aug 2026101 Old Road East Gravesend Kent DA12 1PB
Received 21 Aug 202620 Pitfield Drive Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0AY
Received 21 Aug 202643 Beechwood Drive Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0TX
Received 21 Aug 2026334 Rochester Road Gravesend Kent DA12 4TT
Received 21 Aug 202625 The Avenue Gravesend Kent DA11 0NA
Received 24 Aug 20263 St Johns Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7BY
Received 24 Aug 202669 Lower Higham Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2NQ
Received 24 Aug 202640 Walmers Avenue Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7EH
Received 24 Aug 202639 Hillary Avenue Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8NS
Received 24 Aug 2026Land South Of White Post Lane Cobham Gravesend Kent
Received 24 Aug 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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