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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.
6,143 approved · 890 refused · 468 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Between 11 And 13 New Road (also Known As 12 New Road) Rochester Medway ME1 1BG
Received 2 Jul 2019Chatham Grammar School For Girls Rainham Road Gillingham Chatham Medway ME5 7EH
Received 2 Jul 2019Land Rear Of 108-110 Woodside Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0PW
Received 2 Jul 2019Sir Joseph Williamsons Mathematical School Maidstone Road Rochester Medway ME1 3EL
Received 2 Jul 2019Unit 8B London Medway Commercial Park James Swallow Way Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9GX
Received 2 Jul 201934 High Street Gillingham Medway ME7 1AZ
Received 2 Jul 20198 Warren Wood Road Rochester Medway ME1 2UB
Received 2 Jul 201956 Arthur Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 9BX
Received 3 Jul 2019110 Saxton Street Gillingham Medway ME7 5EQ
Received 3 Jul 201930 The Causeway St Marys Island Chatham Medway ME4 3SR
Received 3 Jul 2019Flat 5 96 Windmill Road Gillingham Medway ME7 5NX
Received 3 Jul 2019Land West Of Town Road Cliffe Woods Rochester Medway ME3 8JX
Received 3 Jul 2019Aggregate Industries UK Limited Isle Of Grain Depot Grain Road Isle Of Grain Rochester ME3 0DW
Received 3 Jul 2019Rochester Riverside Rochester ME1 1NH
Received 3 Jul 2019Flanders Farm Ratcliffe Highway Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 8QE
Received 4 Jul 2019Chatham Garrison Sports Ground Sally Port Gardens Brompton Gillingham Medway ME7 5BT
Received 4 Jul 2019184 Princes Avenue Walderslade Chatham Medway ME5 8AN
Received 4 Jul 20192 Avery Way Allhallows Rochester Medway ME3 9PU
Received 4 Jul 2019Land At White House Farm Stoke Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9BH
Received 5 Jul 201923 Star Hill Rochester Medway ME1 1XF
Received 5 Jul 201938 Court Lodge Road Gillingham Medway ME7 2QX
Received 5 Jul 201913 Livingstone Circus Gillingham Medway ME7 4HA
Received 5 Jul 2019Medway Maritime Hospital Windmill Road Gillingham Medway ME7 5NY
Received 5 Jul 2019Medway Maritime Hospital Windmill Road Gillingham Medway ME7 5NY
Received 5 Jul 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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