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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.
6,097 approved · 883 refused · 462 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Kia-ora Station Road Cliffe Rochester Medway ME3 7RN
Received 18 Jun 201996 Haig Avenue Rochester Medway ME1 2RY
Received 18 Jun 201996 Haig Avenue Rochester Medway ME1 2RY
Received 18 Jun 201956 Rochester Road Halling Rochester Medway ME2 1AH
Received 18 Jun 20198 Primrose Avenue Wigmore Gillingham Medway ME8 0TD
Received 18 Jun 2019125 Langdale Close Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7AF
Received 18 Jun 2019452 Maidstone Road Rainham Gillingham ME8 0HZ
Received 19 Jun 2019102 Ballens Road Lordswood Chatham Medway ME5 8PG
Received 19 Jun 201930 Birling Avenue Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7EY
Received 19 Jun 201995 Chestnut Avenue Walderslade Chatham Medway ME5 9BA
Received 19 Jun 201923 Barncroft Drive Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3TJ
Received 19 Jun 2019229 Walderslade Road Walderslade Chatham Medway ME5 0NQ
Received 19 Jun 2019Land Fronting 112 Marshall Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0AL
Received 19 Jun 201959 Balfour Road Chatham Medway ME4 6QT
Received 19 Jun 2019Block F/G Victory Pier Pier Road Gillingham Kent ME7 1RL
Received 19 Jun 201927 Hoath Lane Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0SW
Received 20 Jun 201922 Marley Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9DH
Received 20 Jun 201914 Berengrave Lane Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7LS
Received 20 Jun 2019Land To The Rear Of 117 Darnley Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 2EY
Received 20 Jun 2019597 Maidstone Road Rainham Gillingham ME8 0LJ
Received 20 Jun 2019C4 Student Hub Pembroke Chatham Maritime Gillingham Medway ME4 4AG
Received 20 Jun 201926 Upper Luton Road Luton Chatham Medway ME5 7BG
Received 21 Jun 20191 Nashenden Farm Cottage Nashenden Farm Lane Borstal Rochester Medway ME1 3TQ
Received 21 Jun 201946 Burma Way Wayfield Chatham Medway ME5 0JR
Received 21 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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