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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.
6,198 approved · 906 refused · 470 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
231 Beechings Way Twydall Gillingham Medway ME8 6SP
Received 26 Jul 2019134 Pattens Lane Chatham Medway ME4 6JP
Received 26 Jul 2019126 High Street Rochester Medway ME1 1JT
Received 26 Jul 2019367 Maidstone Road Rainham Gillingham ME8 0HT
Received 26 Jul 201948 Goddington Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3DE
Received 29 Jul 201919 Littlebourne Avenue Twydall Gillingham Medway ME8 6QG
Received 29 Jul 2019Red Barn Cottage Cooling Street Cliffe Rochester Medway ME3 7UA
Received 29 Jul 2019129 Wigmore Road Wigmore Gillingham Medway ME8 0TH
Received 29 Jul 2019Land Adjacent To 16 Pips View Main Road Cooling Rochester Medway ME3 8DH
Received 29 Jul 201949 Warden Road Rochester Medway ME1 2JJ
Received 29 Jul 2019Chatham Freight Station (Shed 8) North Side Three Road Chatham Docks Gillingham Medway ME4 4SW
Received 29 Jul 2019Land South Of Allhallows Primary School And To The Northern Part Of The Shellduck Close Avery Way Allhallows Rochester Medway
Received 29 Jul 201964 Shakespeare Road Gillingham Medway ME7 5QJ
Received 29 Jul 20191 Concord Avenue Horsted Chatham Medway ME5 9TR
Received 29 Jul 201915 Sussex Drive Walderslade Chatham Medway ME5 0NJ
Received 30 Jul 201920 Elm Avenue Chattenden Rochester Medway ME3 8LY
Received 30 Jul 20195 Sallow Close St Marys Island Chatham Medway ME4 3HG
Received 30 Jul 2019167 Barnsole Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4JH
Received 30 Jul 201910 Medway Road Gillingham Medway ME7 1NH
Received 30 Jul 2019109 Edwin Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0AG
Received 31 Jul 201977 View Road Cliffe Woods Rochester Medway ME3 8UD
Received 31 Jul 201979 Rochester Avenue Rochester Medway ME1 2DP
Received 31 Jul 2019210A Bredhurst Road Wigmore Gillingham Medway ME8 0RD
Received 31 Jul 201912 Hayward Avenue Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3DZ
Received 31 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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