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.
6,650 approved · 968 refused · 517 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Red Dog The Street High Halstow Rochester Medway ME3 8SF
Received 30 Jan 2020The Red Dog The Street High Halstow Rochester Medway ME3 8SF
Received 30 Jan 202015 Kings Avenue Rochester Medway ME1 3DS
Received 30 Jan 2020140-142 Frindsbury Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 4JG
Received 30 Jan 202069 Hawthorn Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 2HP
Received 30 Jan 20206 Beaulieu Rise Rochester Medway ME1 2PQ
Received 30 Jan 202012 Dewberry Close St Marys Island Chatham Medway ME4 3HN
Received 30 Jan 2020Dockside Outlet Centre And Land Off Maritimeway Maritime Way Chatham Maritime Chatham Gillingham Medway ME4 3ED
Received 30 Jan 2020Chatham Waterfront Globe Lane Car Park Globe Lane Chatham Kent ME4 4HA
Received 30 Jan 2020Chatham Waterfront Globe Lane Car Park Globe Lane Chatham Kent ME4 4HA
Received 30 Jan 202020 Lovelace Close Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9QP
Received 30 Jan 202078 & 80-86 John Street Rochester ME1 1YW
Received 31 Jan 202059 Rainham Road Gillingham Medway ME7 5LS
Received 31 Jan 202091 Elmstone Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 9BA
Received 31 Jan 2020Unit 1B London Medway Commercial Park James Swallow Way Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9GX
Received 31 Jan 202011 Evergreen Close Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3QY
Received 31 Jan 202025 Park Crescent Chatham Medway ME4 6NR
Received 31 Jan 202019 Templars Drive Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3FD
Received 31 Jan 2020Anchorians Sports Club Darland Avenue Darland Gillingham Medway ME7 3AN
Received 31 Jan 2020Former Coopervative The Mall High Street Gillingham Medway ME7 1AL
Received 3 Feb 2020Land To The Rear Of 15 Coulman Street Gillingham Medway ME7 4HT
Received 3 Feb 20209 Bronington Close Princes Park Chatham Medway ME5 7RA
Received 3 Feb 20201 Chalky Bank Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7NN
Received 3 Feb 202066 Sedge Crescent Weeds Wood Chatham Medway ME5 0QD
Received 3 Feb 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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