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.
6,273 approved · 917 refused · 478 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rochester Riverside Medway ME1 1NH
Received 16 Aug 2019Land Rear Of 50 And 52 Rochester Road Halling Rochester Medway ME2 1AH
Received 16 Aug 201937 Pepys Way Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3LJ
Received 16 Aug 2019Rochester Riverside Medway ME1 1NH
Received 16 Aug 201922 Lambourn Way Lordswood Chatham Medway ME5 8PU
Received 19 Aug 201922 Bilsington Close Princes Park Chatham Medway ME5 7NE
Received 17 Aug 201945 May Road Rochester Medway ME1 2HY
Received 18 Aug 201911 Elm Avenue Chattenden Rochester Medway ME3 8LY
Received 19 Aug 2019Allhallows Holiday Park Allhallows Caravan Park Allhallows Rochester Medway ME3 9QD
Received 19 Aug 201978 Gill Avenue Wainscott Rochester Medway ME2 4SD
Received 19 Aug 2019Unit E2 Horsted Retail Park Horsted Chatham Medway ME5 9UN
Received 19 Aug 2019139 Rock Avenue Gillingham Medway ME7 5PY
Received 19 Aug 201973 Holcombe Road Rochester Medway ME1 2HX
Received 19 Aug 2019Bredhurst Cat Adoption Centre Matts Hill Road Rainham Gillingham Sittingbourne Medway ME9 7XA
Received 19 Aug 2019Rainham Mark Grammar School Pump Lane Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7AJ
Received 19 Aug 2019Former Tug And Shovel PH 65 North Street Strood Rochester Medway ME2 4SH
Received 19 Aug 20199 Pilgrims Way Cuxton Rochester Medway ME2 1LQ
Received 20 Aug 2019Land Adjacent To Basin 1 Chatham Maritime Chatham Medway ME4 4UH
Received 20 Aug 2019Land Adjacent To Southview Sharnal Street High Halstow Rochester Medway ME3 8QR
Received 20 Aug 2019McDonalds Restaurant Godden Way Beechings Way Industrial Estate Gillingham Kent ME8 6AD
Received 20 Aug 2019McDonalds Restaurant Godden Way Beechings Way Industrial Estate Gillingham Kent ME8 6AD
Received 20 Aug 20193 Nursery Gardens Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9BN
Received 20 Aug 2019Titus Barn Meresborough Lane Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 8PR
Received 20 Aug 201924 Cleave Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4AY
Received 20 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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