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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.
5,915 approved · 856 refused · 452 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
65 Maidstone Road Rainham Gillingham ME8 0DR
Received 30 Apr 201965 Maidstone Road Rainham Gillingham ME8 0DR
Received 29 Apr 201940 Thornham Road Twydall Gillingham Medway ME8 6RE
Received 29 Apr 201925 Berkeley Close Rochester Medway ME1 2UA
Received 30 Apr 201912 Terence Close Chatham Medway ME4 4XZ
Received 30 Apr 2019129 Main Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9EX
Received 30 Apr 2019Great Knox Farm Hempstead Road Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3QL
Received 1 May 2019Great Knox Farm Hempstead Road Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3QL
Received 1 May 201944 Woodlands Road Gillingham Medway ME7 2BQ
Received 1 May 201936 Lambsfrith Grove Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3RU
Received 1 May 2019229 City Way Rochester ME1 2TL
Received 1 May 2019Land At Walnut Tree Farm North Of Britannia Road High Halstow Rochester ME3 8SQ
Received 2 May 2019Land At Walnut Tree Farm North Of Britannia Road High Halstow Rochester ME3 8SQ
Received 2 May 2019Land To The North Side Of Royal Eagle Close At The Junction With Anthonys Way Medway City Estate Rochester Medway ME2 4NS
Received 8 May 2019Manor Farm West Street Cliffe Rochester Medway ME3 7TH
Received 2 May 2019Manor Farm West Street Cliffe Rochester Medway ME3 7TH
Received 2 May 2019Land West Of Town Road Cliffe Woods Rochester Medway ME3 8JX
Received 2 May 2019Land Adjacent To 41 Cecil Avenue Gillingham Medway ME8 6EH
Received 3 May 2019Plot 8 London Medway Commercial Park James Swallow Way Hoo St Werburgh ME3 9GX
Received 2 May 201942 Charles Drive Cuxton Rochester Kent ME2 1DR
Received 2 May 20195 Windermere Drive Rainham Gillingham Kent ME8 9DS
Received 2 May 201911-17 High Street Strood Rochester Medway ME2 4AB
Received 3 May 2019Innovation Park Medway Rochester Medway ME1 2XX
Received 2 May 2019Trenow 35 Kit Hill Avenue Walderslade Chatham Medway ME5 9EX
Received 3 May 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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