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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.
5,767 approved · 826 refused · 441 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
70 Lyndhurst Avenue Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0HQ
Received 11 Apr 2019The Medway Conservancy Board Building High Street Rochester Medway ME1 1PY
Received 12 Apr 2019The Medway Conservancy Board Building High Street Rochester Medway ME1 1PY
Received 12 Apr 201932 Anchor Road Rochester Medway ME1 2PR
Received 11 Apr 201918 Courtfield Avenue Lordswood Chatham Medway ME5 8QT
Received 12 Apr 201951-57 The Street High Halstow Rochester Medway ME3 8SJ
Received 11 Apr 2019Kitchener Barracks Dock Road Chatham Medway ME4 4UG
Received 11 Apr 20196 Wigmore Road Wigmore Gillingham Medway ME8 0SP
Received 15 Apr 20197 Princes Avenue Walderslade Chatham Medway ME5 8BA
Received 12 Apr 2019Kitchener Barracks Dock Road Chatham Medway ME4 4UG
Received 12 Apr 2019Land Adjacent To Balancing Pond St Andrews Park Halling Kent
Received 15 Apr 2019314 City Way Rochester ME1 2BL
Received 15 Apr 20191 Hall Road Lordswood Chatham Medway ME5 8PL
Received 15 Apr 2019Mulver House 636 Mierscourt Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 8PL
Received 13 Apr 2019St James Ce Voluntary Aided Primary School High Street Isle Of Grain Rochester Medway ME3 0BS
Received 16 Apr 20193 Primrose Avenue Wigmore Gillingham Medway ME8 0TD
Received 15 Apr 201942 Chattenden Lane Chattenden Rochester Medway ME3 8NL
Received 15 Apr 20196 Zetland Avenue Darland Gillingham Medway ME7 3AE
Received 15 Apr 2019King Charles Hotel Brompton Road Brompton Gillingham Medway ME7 5QT
Received 16 Apr 2019Rochester Grammar School For Girls Maidstone Road Rochester Medway ME1 3BY
Received 16 Apr 2019276 Wilson Avenue Rochester Medway ME1 2SS
Received 16 Apr 201972 Hawthorne Avenue Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 6TS
Received 17 Apr 201916 Wooldeys Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7NT
Received 16 Apr 201969 Orchard Street Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 9AE
Received 16 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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