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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.
5,948 approved · 861 refused · 455 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Horsted Retail Park Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME5 9SQ
Received 15 May 2019Berengrave Nursery Berengrave Lane Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7NL
Received 15 May 201929 South Avenue Gillingham Medway ME8 6EG
Received 16 May 20191 Cowbeck Close Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9NN
Received 16 May 201928 Pattens Lane Rochester Medway ME1 2QT
Received 15 May 20199-13 New Road Rochester Medway ME1 1BG
Received 16 May 2019Land South Of A228 Sundridge Hill (Partly On Former Cuxton Pumping Station) Cuxton Rochester ME2 1LB
Received 16 May 2019Land Between 71 And 73 Carnation Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 2YF
Received 15 May 20194 Woodside Green Cliffe Woods Rochester Medway ME3 8JZ
Received 15 May 2019Bromhey Farm Lipwell Hill Cooling Rochester Medway ME3 8DS
Received 15 May 2019Unit B North Block Compass Centre Pembroke Chatham Maritime Chatham Medway ME4 4YH
Received 15 May 201917 Pennant Road Rochester Medway ME1 2XS
Received 15 May 2019Land West Of Elm Avenue And South Of Broadwood Road Chattenden Kent
Received 17 May 201977 Allington Road Gillingham Medway ME8 6PH
Received 16 May 2019274 Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME4 6JL
Received 16 May 2019Block K Victory Pier Pier Road Gillingham Kent
Received 17 May 201928 London Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 6YX
Received 17 May 201914 Drakes Avenue Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3LN
Received 16 May 2019Abbey Court School Cliffe Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3DL
Received 16 May 201971 Elaine Avenue Strood Rochester Medway ME2 2YP
Received 17 May 201981 Sunnymead Avenue Gillingham Medway ME7 2EA
Received 17 May 2019Land West Of Elm Avenue And South Of Broadwood Road Chattenden Rochester
Received 17 May 2019Land West Of Elm Avenue And South Of Broadwood Road Chattenden Rochester
Received 17 May 2019The Good Intent 3 John Street Rochester Medway ME1 1YL
Received 20 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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