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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.
6,183 approved · 898 refused · 470 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
118 Berengrave Lane Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7NL
Received 18 Jul 201919 Leeds Square Twydall Gillingham Medway ME8 6LH
Received 18 Jul 2019122 Ploughmans Way Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 8LP
Received 18 Jul 201941 The Ridgeway Chatham Medway ME4 6PB
Received 18 Jul 2019Brethren's Meeting Hall Canterbury Lane Rainham Gillingham Kent ME8 8AS
Received 18 Jul 2019Ringshill Farm Wouldham Road Borstal Rochester Medway ME1 3TP
Received 19 Jul 2019124 Taverners Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 9AQ
Received 19 Jul 2019Southern House Capstone Road Lordswood Chatham Medway ME5 7QA
Received 19 Jul 201946 Priestfields Rochester Medway ME1 3AE
Received 19 Jul 201922 Utah Rise Wainscott Rochester Medway ME3 8FG
Received 19 Jul 2019Land At The Corner Of Ingram Road And Railway Street Gillingham Medway ME7 1SD
Received 19 Jul 2019153-155 High Street Chatham Medway ME4 4BA
Received 19 Jul 2019Norse Depot Pier Approach Road Gillingham Medway ME7 1RX
Received 19 Jul 20191 Larkin Close Strood Rochester Medway ME2 4SA
Received 20 Jul 20195 Stone Gardens Halling Rochester Medway ME2 1FT
Received 22 Jul 2019Land Rear Of 103 And 105 Chatham Hill Chatham Medway ME7 5PJ
Received 22 Jul 2019Land Between Lower Featherby Road And Grange Redoubt Grange Road Gillingham Medway ME7 2UN
Received 22 Jul 201928 Grayne Avenue Isle Of Grain Rochester Medway ME3 0DF
Received 22 Jul 2019358 Hempstead Road Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3QJ
Received 22 Jul 201955 Napier Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4HD
Received 22 Jul 2019The Studio The Bingalow Buttway Lane Cliffe Rochester Medway ME3 7QP
Received 23 Jul 2019Land Adj To 3 Swingate Avenue Cliffe Rochester Medway ME3 7QZ
Received 23 Jul 201961 Granville Road Gillingham Medway ME7 2PB
Received 23 Jul 2019148 Allington Drive Strood Rochester Kent ME2 3TD
Received 23 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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