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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 Medway Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
5,739 approved · 823 refused · 435 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 May 2013 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Area Of Land Infront Of Unit 2, Jetty 5 Dock Head Road Chatham Maritime Chatham ME4 4ZJ
Received 5 Apr 201921 Durham Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0JW
Received 4 Apr 2019Stoke Road Business Centre (Land South Of Stoke Road) Hoo St Werburgh Rochester
Received 4 Apr 201911 Phillips Court Twydall Gillingham Medway ME8 6JD
Received 4 Apr 2019Bridge Chamber And Chapel 5 Esplanade Rochester Medway ME1 1QE
Received 8 Apr 2019Bridge Chamber And Chapel 5 Esplanade Rochester Medway ME1 1QE
Received 8 Apr 2019355 Lonsdale Drive Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 9LA
Received 4 Apr 2019186 Barnsole Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4JG
Received 4 Apr 2019269 Marlborough Road Gillingham Medway ME7 5HS
Received 5 Apr 201964 Sturdee Avenue Gillingham Medway ME7 2HN
Received 8 Apr 2019Buck Hole Farm Buck Hole Farm Road High Halstow Rochester Medway ME3 8SE
Received 5 Apr 201927 Harptree Drive Weeds Wood Chatham Medway ME5 0TH
Received 5 Apr 20191 Grange Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 4DD
Received 8 Apr 20191 Grange Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 4DD
Received 5 Apr 201974 High Street Rochester Medway ME1 1JY
Received 5 Apr 2019121 Bredhurst Road Wigmore Gillingham Medway ME8 0QT
Received 5 Apr 20195 Woodlark Road St Marys Island Chatham Medway ME4 3NU
Received 6 Apr 201937 Rose Street Rochester Medway ME1 2EE
Received 7 Apr 2019135 Edwin Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0AQ
Received 8 Apr 2019Land To The Rear Of 9 Harvey Road (Formerly Known As 50 Roberts Road) Rainham Gillingham Kent ME8 0BA ME8 0BA
Received 8 Apr 201912 Hostier Close Halling Rochester Medway ME2 1ES
Received 8 Apr 2019111 Bredhurst Road Wigmore Gillingham Medway ME8 0QT
Received 8 Apr 2019Viridor Waste Management Land West Of Clipper Close Medway City Estate Rochester ME2 4QP
Received 9 Apr 2019Asda Store 387 Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME5 9SE
Received 9 Apr 2019Records 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 Medway 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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