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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.
5,897 approved · 853 refused · 451 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
49 Herbert Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 9BY
Received 19 Apr 20191 St James Road Isle Of Grain Rochester Medway ME3 0BU
Received 19 Apr 201916 Queendown Avenue Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9NL
Received 23 Apr 2019The Grange Ratcliffe Highway St Mary Hoo Rochester Medway ME3 8RJ
Received 20 Apr 2019The Hamptons Pier Road Gillingham Medway ME7 1FJ
Received 24 Apr 201976 Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME4 6DG
Received 23 Apr 2019Land Adjacent To 1 Temple Gardens Strood Rochester Medway ME2 2NG
Received 23 Apr 201926 Warlingham Close Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7QJ
Received 24 Apr 201975 London Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7RJ
Received 23 Apr 2019Land At Former Rochester Railway Station High Street Rochester Medway ME1 1HQ
Received 23 Apr 2019Holcombe Health Clinic Holcombeians Sports Club Curtis Way Rochester ME1 2XG
Received 24 Apr 2019McDonalds Medway Valley Leisure Park Chariot Way Strood Rochester Medway ME2 2SS
Received 24 Apr 2019Mcdonalds Medway Valley Leisure Park Chariot Way Strood Rochester Medway ME2 2SS
Received 24 Apr 2019Mcdonalds Medway Valley Leisure Park Chariot Way Strood Rochester Medway ME2 2SS
Received 24 Apr 201911 Woodrush Place St Marys Island Chatham Medway ME4 3BB
Received 23 Apr 2019Kingsley House Lions Gate Property Balmoral Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4NT
Received 23 Apr 2019126 Hempstead Road Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3RH
Received 23 Apr 20199 Rowland Close Darland Gillingham Kent ME7 3DL
Received 23 Apr 201950 Rochester Avenue Rochester Medway ME1 2DP
Received 24 Apr 201933 Richard Street Chatham Medway ME4 4AH
Received 23 Apr 201930 Priory Road Gillingham Medway ME8 6AS
Received 23 Apr 201918 Kingswood Avenue Chatham Medway ME4 6EH
Received 23 Apr 201939 Reed Street Cliffe Rochester Medway ME3 7UL
Received 24 Apr 201941 Reed Street Cliffe Rochester Medway ME3 7UL
Received 24 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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