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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.
6,060 approved · 880 refused · 460 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Former Green Dragon Public House 85 Church Street Gillingham Medway ME7 1TR
Received 8 Jun 201922 St Leonards Avenue Chatham Medway ME4 6HE
Received 10 Jun 2019220 Main Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9HG
Received 10 Jun 2019Grain Buisness Park Grain Road Isle Of Grain Rochester Medway ME3 0AY
Received 10 Jun 20192 Houghton Avenue Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3RY
Received 11 Jun 2019Grain Business Park Grain Road Isle Of Grain Rochester ME3 0AE
Received 10 Jun 2019Ranscombe Farmhouse Ranscombe Farm Sundridge Hill Cuxton Rochester Medway ME2 1LA
Received 10 Jun 201986 Malvern Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4BB
Received 11 Jun 201953 High Street Rochester Medway ME1 1LN
Received 10 Jun 2019Land Rear Of 75 London Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7RJ
Received 11 Jun 20197 Iversgate Close Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7PA
Received 10 Jun 2019Highway Verge At Deanwood Drive North West Of 1 Wollaston Mews Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 9FB
Received 10 Jun 201913 Chalky Bank Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7NN
Received 11 Jun 2019104 Bush Road Cuxton Rochester Medway ME2 1EZ
Received 11 Jun 20194 Thatchers Lane Cliffe Rochester Medway ME3 7RE
Received 10 Jun 2019Our Zone Pattens Lane Rochester Medway ME1 2RB
Received 11 Jun 2019Mcdonalds Medway Valley Leisure Park Chariot Way Strood Rochester Medway ME2 2SS
Received 11 Jun 2019Odeon Cinema Leviathan Way Chatham Maritime Chatham Medway ME4 4LL
Received 11 Jun 201929 Englefield Crescent Cliffe Woods Rochester Medway ME3 8HD
Received 11 Jun 20197 Lancelot Avenue Strood Rochester Medway ME2 2YU
Received 11 Jun 20197 Lancelot Avenue Strood Rochester Medway ME2 2YU
Received 11 Jun 201912 Resolution Close Princes Park Chatham Medway ME5 7RJ
Received 11 Jun 2019127 Taverners Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 9AG
Received 11 Jun 20192 Manor Court Lower Twydall Lane Twydall Gillingham Medway ME7 2UX
Received 11 Jun 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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