Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
6,192 approved · 905 refused · 470 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The French Hospital, 41 La Providence High Street Rochester Kent ME1 1NB
Received 23 Jul 20192B Thames Avenue Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 9BN
Received 23 Jul 201918 Ajax Road Rochester ME1 2UY
Received 24 Jul 2019Land Adjacent To 17 Cherbourg Crescent Wayfield Chatham Medway ME5 0HR
Received 24 Jul 2019Sleepeezee Ltd Conquest Industrial Estate Knight Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 2BP
Received 24 Jul 201948 Northumberland Avenue Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7JY
Received 24 Jul 201910 Horsted Avenue Chatham Medway ME4 6JU
Received 24 Jul 201910 Horsted Avenue Chatham Medway ME4 6JU
Received 24 Jul 201937 Eden Road High Halstow Rochester Medway ME3 8ST
Received 24 Jul 20196 Kenden Business Park Maritime Close Medway City Estate Rochester Medway ME2 4JF
Received 24 Jul 2019249 London Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 6YR
Received 25 Jul 2019164 Darland Avenue Darland Gillingham Medway ME7 3AS
Received 25 Jul 201916 Medway Road Gillingham Medway ME7 1NH
Received 25 Jul 201935 Rainham Road Gillingham Medway ME7 5LS
Received 24 Jul 201918 Magdalen Close Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3TA
Received 25 Jul 201911 Standen Close Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 8RN
Received 25 Jul 201959 Charles Drive Cuxton Rochester Medway ME2 1DR
Received 25 Jul 20196 Stalham Court Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3TF
Received 25 Jul 201959 Charles Drive Cuxton Rochester Medway ME2 1DR
Received 25 Jul 201933 Stopford Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4NG
Received 25 Jul 2019Flanders Farm Ratcliffe Highway Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 8QE
Received 25 Jul 20192 Morement Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9DA
Received 26 Jul 2019134 Pattens Lane Chatham Medway ME4 6JP
Received 26 Jul 20192 Archbishops Crescent Gillingham Medway ME7 2WL
Received 26 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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