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.
6,393 approved · 936 refused · 496 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Shirley Avenue Horsted Chatham Medway ME5 9UP
Received 10 Oct 201936 Kingswood Road Gillingham Medway ME7 1DZ
Received 10 Oct 2019146 St Williams Way Rochester Medway ME1 2PE
Received 11 Oct 2019Land At Walnut Tree Farm North Of Britannia Road High Halstow Rochester ME3 8SQ
Received 11 Oct 201946 Nares Road Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9RG
Received 11 Oct 2019143 High Street Rochester Medway ME1 1EL
Received 11 Oct 2019Medway Rugby Football Club Priestfields Rochester Medway ME1 3AD
Received 11 Oct 2019St Bartholomews Hospital New Road Rochester Medway ME1 1DS
Received 11 Oct 2019St Bartholomews Hospital New Road Rochester Medway ME1 1DS
Received 11 Oct 20191 Kings Row St Margarets Street Rochester Medway ME1 1UJ
Received 11 Oct 201912 Kirkdale Close Lordswood Chatham Medway ME5 8SH
Received 11 Oct 201947 Meadowdown Close Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3SU
Received 11 Oct 2019101 Roosevelt Avenue Wayfield Chatham Medway ME5 0HS
Received 12 Oct 20199 Mooring Road Rochester Medway ME1 2PL
Received 14 Oct 2019103 Pannell Road Isle Of Grain Rochester Medway ME3 0EF
Received 14 Oct 201947 Lapwing Road Isle Of Grain Rochester Medway ME3 0EB
Received 14 Oct 2019Unit 1 Jetty 5 Dock Head Road Chatham Maritime Chatham Medway ME4 4ZJ
Received 14 Oct 201998 Frindsbury Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 4JB
Received 14 Oct 2019Side Of 9 Wollaston Close Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9SH
Received 14 Oct 2019Southern House Capstone Road Chatham Medway ME5 7QA
Received 14 Oct 201925 Chicago Avenue Gillingham Medway ME7 2DR
Received 14 Oct 201939 Milsted Road Twydall Gillingham Medway ME8 6SU
Received 14 Oct 201929 Lovelace Close Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9QN
Received 14 Oct 201929 Lovelace Close Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9QN
Received 14 Oct 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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