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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.
6,640 approved · 967 refused · 517 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
76 Ivy Street Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 8BH
Received 23 Jan 2020Rosendale 64 Boxley Road Walderslade Chatham Medway ME5 9LJ
Received 23 Jan 202024 Gun Lane Strood Rochester Medway ME2 4UJ
Received 23 Jan 2020Tennis Club Pavilion Frog Island Upnor Road Upnor Rochester Medway ME2 4UX
Received 23 Jan 2020150 Beechings Way Twydall Gillingham Medway ME8 6NF
Received 23 Jan 20202 Copperpenny Drive Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3DT
Received 24 Jan 202021 Darenth Rise Lordswood Chatham Medway ME5 8QU
Received 24 Jan 202030 The Causeway St Marys Island Chatham Medway ME4 3SR
Received 24 Jan 2020Cameron Cpi Uk Badger Road Lordswood Chatham Medway ME5 8TD
Received 24 Jan 2020110 High Street Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 8AR
Received 24 Jan 2020Morrisons Supermarket Princes Avenue Walderslade Chatham Medway ME5 7PQ
Received 24 Jan 202025 Cobblestones Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3NS
Received 24 Jan 20202B Crow Lane Rochester Medway ME1 1RF
Received 24 Jan 2020250 High Street Chatham Medway ME4 4AN
Received 24 Jan 20206 Restharrow Way St Marys Island Chatham Medway ME4 3HR
Received 27 Jan 202025 Priestfields Rochester Medway ME1 3AB
Received 27 Jan 202018 Pump Lane Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7AB
Received 27 Jan 2020Royal Victoria & Bull Hotel 16-18 High Street Rochester Medway ME1 1PX
Received 27 Jan 2020171 Gillingham Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4EP
Received 27 Jan 20202 Edwin Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0AA
Received 27 Jan 2020Sector 11 St Marys Island Chatham Maritime Chatham Kent
Received 27 Jan 2020The Britannia 376 High Street Rochester Medway ME1 1DJ
Received 27 Jan 2020Trenow 35 Kit Hill Avenue Walderslade Chatham Medway ME5 9EX
Received 27 Jan 202092 Cedar Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 2JP
Received 27 Jan 2020Records 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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