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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Medway Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
6,324 approved · 925 refused · 485 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 May 2013 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 High Street Gillingham Medway ME7 1BE
Received 4 Sept 2019Cobiere 22 Walderslade Road Walderslade Chatham Medway ME4 6NZ
Received 4 Sept 2019346A High Street Chatham Medway ME4 4NP
Received 4 Sept 201962 Greenfinches Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3PW
Received 4 Sept 2019Aviation Fuel Terminal Grain Road Isle Of Grain Rochester Kent ME3 0HA
Received 4 Sept 2019Transnordic Vicarage Lane Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9LB
Received 4 Sept 2019Old Lord Raglan 8 Chatham Hill Luton Chatham Medway ME5 7AA
Received 4 Sept 201936 Jackson Avenue Rochester Medway ME1 2SU
Received 5 Sept 201934-36 City Way Rochester ME1 2AB
Received 5 Sept 2019346A High Street Chatham Medway ME4 4NP
Received 5 Sept 201922 Northwood Avenue High Halstow Rochester Medway ME3 8SX
Received 5 Sept 2019Patmans Wharf Upnor Road Upnor Rochester Medway ME2 4UY
Received 5 Sept 2019Halling Baptist Church Vicarage Road Halling Rochester Medway ME2 1BE
Received 5 Sept 2019Workshop Adjacent To 2 Corporation Road Gillingham Medway ME7 1RF
Received 5 Sept 2019Land Adjacent To Kaler House George Summers Close Medway City Estate Rochester Medway ME2 4NS
Received 5 Sept 201968 Abinger Drive Lordswood Chatham ME5 8UL
Received 6 Sept 20192 Abbey Road Gillingham ME8 6AP
Received 6 Sept 2019309 Lower Rainham Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME7 2XH
Received 6 Sept 201931 Wadlands Road Cliffe Rochester Medway ME3 7RD
Received 6 Sept 2019174 Fairview Avenue Wigmore Gillingham Medway ME8 0QD
Received 6 Sept 2019Rochester Riverside Rochester ME1 1NH
Received 6 Sept 2019217 Woodlands Road Gillingham Medway ME7 2SW
Received 6 Sept 2019286 Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME4 6JL
Received 7 Sept 201945 Holly Road Wainscott Rochester Medway ME2 4LG
Received 9 Sept 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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