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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.
6,174 approved · 897 refused · 470 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
37A High Street Rochester Medway ME1 1LN
Received 16 Jul 2019Side Of 125 Burnham Walk Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 8RT
Received 16 Jul 201918 Ladywood Road Cuxton Rochester Medway ME2 1EW
Received 16 Jul 20191 Anne Figg Court Weatherly Close Rochester Medway ME1 1AG
Received 16 Jul 20198 Marion Close Walderslade Chatham Medway ME5 9QA
Received 16 Jul 2019Communal Land Fronting 160 Burnham Walk Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 8RT
Received 16 Jul 2019The Cricketers Sturdee Avenue Gillingham Medway ME7 2JR
Received 16 Jul 201940 Tyler Drive Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9LU
Received 16 Jul 2019Land Northwest Of 12 Valiant Road Lordswood Chatham Medway ME5 8RY
Received 17 Jul 2019Cuxton Level Crossing And Cuxton Signal Box Station Road Cuxton Rochester Medway ME2 1AB
Received 17 Jul 2019St Luke's Church Virginia Road Gillingham Medway ME7 1PB
Received 17 Jul 2019Peace Haven 61 Watson Avenue Horsted Chatham Medway ME5 9SJ
Received 17 Jul 20191 Glayton Gardens Weeds Wood Chatham Medway ME5 9FA
Received 17 Jul 201919 Chattenden Lane Chattenden Rochester Medway ME3 8LE
Received 17 Jul 2019Gate House Main Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9HD
Received 17 Jul 2019440 Lordswood Lane Lordswood Chatham Medway ME5 8EJ
Received 17 Jul 2019440 Lordswood Lane Lordswood Chatham Medway ME5 8EJ
Received 17 Jul 2019412 Maidstone Road Rainham Gillingham ME8 0JA
Received 18 Jul 20193 Maidstone Road Rainham Gillingham ME8 0DH
Received 18 Jul 201928 Westmount Avenue Chatham Medway ME4 6DA
Received 18 Jul 20191 Black Lion Court Gillingham Medway ME7 1HL
Received 18 Jul 2019Hempstead Valley Shopping Centre Hempstead Valley Drive Hempstead Gillingham Medway
Received 18 Jul 201926 Howlsmere Close Halling Rochester Medway ME2 1NF
Received 18 Jul 2019Deangate Golf Club Dux Court Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 8RZ
Received 18 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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