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.
6,253 approved · 916 refused · 478 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Woodreeves Land Between 21 & 29 York Avenue Chatham ME5 9EP
Received 12 Aug 201914 Woodlands Chatham ME5 9JX
Received 12 Aug 2019Abbey Court School Cliffe Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3DL
Received 12 Aug 2019National Grid Property Holdings Grain Road Isle Of Grain Rochester Kent ME3 0AE
Received 12 Aug 2019National Grid Property Holdings Grain Road Isle Of Grain Rochester Kent ME3 0AE
Received 12 Aug 2019National Grid Property Holdings Grain Road Isle Of Grain Rochester Kent ME3 0AE
Received 12 Aug 2019National Grid Property Holdings Grain Road Isle Of Grain Rochester Kent ME3 0AE
Received 12 Aug 201967 Ordnance Street (Barn Rear Of) Chatham Medway ME4 6SH
Received 12 Aug 2019Pottery Road Recreation Ground Pottery Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9BS
Received 12 Aug 2019Cliffe Contractors Cliffe House Anthonys Way Medway City Estate Rochester Medway ME2 4DY
Received 12 Aug 201998 Toronto Road Gillingham Medway ME7 2ES
Received 13 Aug 2019138 Maidstone Road Rochester Medway ME1 3EA
Received 13 Aug 20195 Northbank Close Strood Rochester Medway ME2 2NL
Received 13 Aug 2019153-155 High Street Chatham Medway ME4 4BA
Received 13 Aug 201998 Elmfield Gillingham Medway ME8 6BN
Received 14 Aug 2019186A High Street Rochester Medway ME1 1EY
Received 14 Aug 2019109 City Way Rochester ME1 2BB
Received 14 Aug 201925 St Johns Road Gillingham Medway ME7 5QE
Received 14 Aug 201945 Highgrove Road Princes Park Chatham Medway ME5 7PW
Received 14 Aug 2019National Grid Property Holdings Grain Road Isle Of Grain Rochester Kent ME3 0AE Medway ME3 0AE
Received 14 Aug 2019National Grid Property Holdings Grain Road Isle Of Grain Rochester Kent ME3 0AE
Received 14 Aug 201932 The Platters Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0DJ
Received 14 Aug 2019Chandler Forest Timber Merchant 82 Jeffery Street Gillingham ME7 1DB
Received 14 Aug 2019Waverley 39 Kit Hill Avenue Walderslade Chatham Medway ME5 9EX
Received 14 Aug 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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