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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.
4,896 approved · 1,623 refused · 233 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Waterworks Cottage Crutches Lane Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7DJ
Received 9 Sept 20263 Harman Avenue Gravesend Kent DA11 7RJ
Received 9 Sept 2026Former St Josephs Convent Preparatory School 46 Old Road East Gravesend Kent DA12 1NR
Received 9 Sept 2026133 Highview Vigo Gravesend Kent DA13 0UT
Received 10 Sept 2026149 Parrock Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1EY
Received 10 Sept 202615 Lamorna Avenue Gravesend Kent DA12 5QF
Received 11 Sept 202624 Windmill Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1AS
Received 11 Sept 20265 Park Avenue Gravesend Kent DA12 1NS
Received 14 Sept 202622 Barley Drive Gravesend Kent DA11 7GP
Received 14 Sept 2026Still Meadow Wrotham Road Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9EG
Received 14 Sept 2026East Court Manor East Court Farm Church Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 2NL
Received 15 Sept 2026East Court Manor East Court Farm Church Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 2NL
Received 15 Sept 20262 Milton Road Gravesend Kent
Received 15 Sept 2026Boughurst Farm Leywood Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0UD
Received 15 Sept 2026138 Valley Drive Gravesend Kent DA12 5SA
Received 16 Sept 202657 Pepper Hill Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8EN
Received 16 Sept 202674 Ferndale Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5AE
Received 16 Sept 202634 Painters Ash Lane Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8EQ
Received 17 Sept 2026Pucks Down Pondfield Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3LD
Received 17 Sept 20265 The Yews Gravesend Kent DA12 1PA
Received 18 Sept 202611 Grieves Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7JQ
Received 18 Sept 202634 Upper Avenue Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9DA
Received 18 Sept 2026Land At New Green Farm Lower Road Shorne Gravesend Kent
Received 21 Sept 2026New Green Farm Lower Road Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3HR
Received 21 Sept 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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