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Gravesham: what’s happening where you live
What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.
Gravesham Borough Council: Non-metropolitan district (lower tier), England, South East; within the county of KEN. GOV.UK lists it as a district council, within Kent County Council.
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- Household waste collection: Providing information
- Household waste collection: Reporting
- Bulky household waste collections: Applications for service
- Household garden waste: Providing information
- Recycling bags and containers: Providing information
- Flytipping: Reporting
- Noise pollution: Reporting
- Council tax annual notification: Providing information
- Council tax annual notification: Collecting revenue
- Council tax discount: Applications for service
- Council tax benefit new claim: Applications for service
- Housing benefit new claim: Providing information
- Electoral register: Providing information
- Electoral register: Applications for service
- Parking permits: Providing information
- Planning decision notices: Providing information
- Councillors directory: Providing information
- Complaints procedure: Providing information
Housing
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Transport
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Council tax
Band D set by Gravesham for 2026–27: £245.07 of a £2,408.24 total bill in the area.
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Environment
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Education
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What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education services | none budgeted |
| Highways and transport services | −£753,000 |
| Children's social care | none budgeted |
| Adult social care | none budgeted |
| Public health | £85,000 |
| Housing services (general fund only) | £3.2 million |
| Cultural and related services | £1.7 million |
| Environmental and regulatory services | £5.6 million |
| Planning and development services | £1.6 million |
| Police services | none budgeted |
| Fire and rescue services | none budgeted |
| Central services | £726,000 |
| Other services | £6.6 million |
| Total service expenditure | £18.7 million |
Life in Gravesham: the official facts
- People living here
- 111,221 people
- Typical age
- 39 years
- Money to live on, per person, per year
- £24,984
- Typical weekly pay, before tax
- £694
- Children growing up in poverty
- 27.0%
- People claiming unemployment-related benefits
- 4.3%
- Average price of a home
- £342,498
- How many years of pay a home costs
- 8.5 times yearly pay
- Greenhouse gases, per person
- 3.6 tonnes per person
- Homes and businesses that can get the fastest broadband
- 83.1%
- Public chargers for electric cars
- 77.7 per 100,000 people
- Businesses trading here
- 4,515 businesses
Who runs the council
39 seats in 2026. Run by: Labour, with a majority.
Councillors by party: Labour Party 22, Conservative and Unionist 12, Reform UK 5.
Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.
All 39 councillors, by ward
- Leslie Hills (Conservative and Unionist) — Chalk
- Christina Rolles (Labour Party) — Coldharbour & Perry Street
- Narinderjit Thandi (Labour Party) — Coldharbour & Perry Street
- Shane Mochrie-Cox (Labour Party) — Coldharbour & Perry Street
- Deborah Croxton (Labour Party) — Denton
- Lee Croxton (Labour Party) — Denton
- Helen Ashenden (Conservative and Unionist) — Higham & Shorne
- Jordan Meade (Conservative and Unionist) — Higham & Shorne
- Leslie Pearton (Conservative and Unionist) — Higham & Shorne
- Dakota Dibben (Reform UK) — Istead Rise, Cobham & Luddesdown
- Samir Jassal (Conservative and Unionist) — Istead Rise, Cobham & Luddesdown
- Frank Wardle (Conservative and Unionist) — Meopham North
- Gary Harding (Reform UK) — Meopham North
- Ejaz Aslam (Conservative and Unionist) — Meopham South & Vigo
- Gurjit Bains (Conservative and Unionist) — Meopham South & Vigo
- Alison Williams (Labour Party) — Northfleet & Springhead
- Jo Hart (Labour Party) — Northfleet & Springhead
- Peter Scollard (Labour Party) — Northfleet & Springhead
- Alan Ridgers (Conservative and Unionist) — Painters Ash
- Emma Elliott (Reform UK) — Painters Ash
- Baljit Hayre (Labour Party) — Pelham
- Emma Morley (Labour Party) — Pelham
- Aaron Elliott (Reform UK) — Riverview Park
- Derek Ashenden (Conservative and Unionist) — Riverview Park
- John Burden (Labour Party) — Rosherville
- Kim Glendenning (Labour Party) — Rosherville
- Daniel King (Labour Party) — Singlewell
- Rajinder Atwal (Labour Party) — Singlewell
- Gurdip Bungar (Labour Party) — Town
- Jenny Wallace (Labour Party) — Town
- Lyn Milner (Labour Party) — Town
- Karina O'Malley (Labour Party) — Westcourt
- Lenny Rolles (Labour Party) — Westcourt
- Ektaveen Thandi (Labour Party) — Whitehill & Windmill Hill
- Gavin Larkins (Labour Party) — Whitehill & Windmill Hill
- Tony Rana (Labour Party) — Whitehill & Windmill Hill
- Alan Metcalf (Conservative and Unionist) — Woodlands
- Benjamin Sizer (Conservative and Unionist) — Woodlands
- David Beattie (Reform UK) — Woodlands