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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.
6,166 approved · 897 refused · 469 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 1-2 Rochester Trade Park Maidstone Road Rochester Medway ME1 3QY
Received 10 Jul 2019354 Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME5 9SD
Received 11 Jul 2019Land At Chatham Docks Pier Road Gillingham Kent
Received 11 Jul 2019292 Maidstone Road Rochester Medway ME1 3LS
Received 11 Jul 2019188 Bells Lane Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9GD
Received 11 Jul 20199 Bythorne Court Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 8TN
Received 11 Jul 2019Durland House 160 High Street Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 8AT
Received 11 Jul 2019Halling Baptist Church Vicarage Road Halling Rochester Medway ME2 1BE
Received 11 Jul 201925 Hughes Drive Wainscott Rochester Medway ME2 4LN
Received 12 Jul 201963 Heritage Drive Darland Gillingham Medway ME7 3EQ
Received 12 Jul 201921 Bogarde Drive Wainscott Rochester Medway ME3 8GR
Received 12 Jul 2019Land Adjacent To 8 Wiltshire Close & 1-11 Somerset Close Princes Park Chatham ME5 7SR
Received 12 Jul 2019135 Edwin Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0AQ
Received 14 Jul 201951 Maidstone Road Rochester Medway ME1 1RL
Received 14 Jul 2019236 High Street Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 8AX
Received 15 Jul 2019Land Adjacent To 17 Green Lane Isle Of Grain Rochester Medway ME3 0DQ
Received 15 Jul 201946 Robin Hood Lane Walderslade Chatham Medway ME5 9LD
Received 15 Jul 20198 Beatty Cottages Stoke Road Allhallows Rochester Medway ME3 9PE
Received 15 Jul 20195 Manor Court Lower Twydall Lane Twydall Gillingham Medway ME7 2UX
Received 15 Jul 2019Land Adjacent To 305 Lordswood Lane Lordswood Chatham Medway ME5 8JT
Received 15 Jul 2019Land North Of Medway Road Gillingham Medway ME7 1NY
Received 15 Jul 201913 Ripplewaters St Marys Island Chatham Medway ME4 3BL
Received 15 Jul 20197 Elmstone Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 9BD
Received 17 Jul 201932 Trubridge Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9EW
Received 16 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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