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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.
4,898 approved · 1,623 refused · 233 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
32 Fleet Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8EE
Received 21 Sept 202672 Ferndale Road Gravesend Kent DA12 5AE
Received 21 Sept 2026Cobb Tree Court Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0AU
Received 21 Sept 2026Three Oaks Harvel Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0RN
Received 21 Sept 202623 Clarence Place Gravesend Kent DA12 1LD
Received 21 Sept 2026256 Singlewell Road Gravesend Kent DA11 7RE
Received 21 Sept 202614 Lime Avenue Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9PY
Received 21 Sept 2026107 Vale Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8DB
Received 21 Sept 2026107 Vale Road Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8DB
Received 21 Sept 2026Chambers Farm Town Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 8ER
Received 21 Sept 2026Knights Place Farm Watling Street Cobham Gravesend Kent ME2 3UB
Received 22 Sept 202616 Bellman Avenue Gravesend Kent DA12 1RE
Received 22 Sept 2026Port Of London Authority London River House Royal Pier Road Gravesend Kent DA12 2BG
Received 23 Sept 202617 Thong Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 4LB
Received 23 Sept 2026The Old Court Town Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 8EU
Received 23 Sept 202648 Wrotham Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0QF
Received 23 Sept 202648 Wrotham Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0QF
Received 24 Sept 202648 Wrotham Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0QF
Received 24 Sept 202648 Wrotham Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0QF
Received 25 Sept 202660 Cerne Road Gravesend Kent DA12 4BP
Received 28 Sept 2026Custom House The Terrace Gravesend Kent
Received 28 Sept 20265 Gazelle Glade Gravesend Kent DA12 4PU
Received 29 Sept 2026Purvil Wood Cottage Leywood Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0UH
Received 29 Sept 2026Jeskyns Court Jeskyns Road Cobham Gravesend Kent DA12 3AL
Received 29 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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