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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.
6,791 approved · 978 refused · 525 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
63 High Street Chatham Medway ME4 4EE
Received 19 Mar 202028A Pump Lane Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7AB
Received 19 Mar 2020115 Wigmore Road Wigmore Gillingham Medway ME8 0TH
Received 19 Mar 20207 Kent Road Halling Rochester Medway ME2 1AR
Received 19 Mar 2020Land South Of Britannia Road High Halstow Rochester Medway
Received 19 Mar 202010 Edwin Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0AA
Received 19 Mar 2020Former Pump House Childs Farm Main Road Cooling Rochester Medway ME3 8DR
Received 19 Mar 2020Wall To Northeast Of 52-58 And 60-74 Newnham Street Luton Chatham Medway ME4 5LD
Received 19 Mar 2020Boundary To North East Of 1-15 Russell House Russell Court Luton Chatham Medway ME4 5LE
Received 19 Mar 2020Boundaries To North East And South East Of 1-15 Henry Street Luton Chatham Medway ME4 5LE
Received 19 Mar 2020Wall Adjacent To Green Between 10 And 22/24 Henry Street Luton Chatham Medway ME4 5LL
Received 19 Mar 2020Boundaries To North And East Of 18-32 Castle Road Near 16 Castle Road And 36 Henry Street Luton Chatham Medway ME4 5LL
Received 19 Mar 202080 Bells Lane Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9HU
Received 20 Mar 2020Hempstead Village Hall 169 Hempstead Road Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3QG
Received 20 Mar 2020103 View Road Cliffe Woods Rochester Medway ME3 8UG
Received 20 Mar 2020Bridgeside Warwick Crescent Borstal Rochester Medway ME1 3LE
Received 20 Mar 2020455 Maidstone Road Rainham Gillingham ME8 0NN
Received 20 Mar 20207 William Street Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 8HN
Received 23 Mar 202014 Ingram Road Gillingham Medway ME7 1SD
Received 23 Mar 202012 Priestfields Rochester Medway ME1 3AG
Received 23 Mar 2020Land To The Rear Of 2 Star Hill Rochester Medway ME1 1UX
Received 23 Mar 202026 Redshank Road St Marys Island Chatham Medway ME4 3NX
Received 23 Mar 2020314 Lordswood Lane Lordswood Chatham Medway ME5 8JT
Received 23 Mar 2020Co Op Store Maritime Way Chatham Maritime Chatham Medway ME4 3ER
Received 23 Mar 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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