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.
6,832 approved · 988 refused · 530 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Grass Verge On Deanwood Drive To Rear Of 59 Wollaston Close Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9SH
Received 15 Apr 2020346A High Street Chatham Medway ME4 4NP
Received 15 Apr 2020Land West Of Maidstone Road And South Of Stoney Lane Rochester ME1 3QZ
Received 15 Apr 202012 Cooling Road Cliffe Rochester Medway ME3 7RY
Received 16 Apr 202043 Hempstead Road Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3RF
Received 16 Apr 202039 Vicarage Close Halling Rochester Medway ME2 1BH
Received 16 Apr 2020151 Ballens Road Lordswood Chatham Medway ME5 8PG
Received 16 Apr 2020Boley Hill House Boley Hill Rochester Medway ME1 1TE
Received 16 Apr 2020Boley Hill House Boley Hill Rochester Medway ME1 1TE
Received 16 Apr 202022 Highfield Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0EQ
Received 17 Apr 2020Tesco Supermarket Courteney Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0GX
Received 17 Apr 2020Land Rear Of Existing Playground In Shipwrights Avenue (Rear Of Gardens Of 30-50 (Evens) Clarence Road) Chatham Medway ME4 5JJ
Received 17 Apr 2020180 High Street Chatham Medway ME4 4AS
Received 20 Apr 202083 Woodlands Road Gillingham Medway ME7 2DS
Received 18 Apr 202019 Barncroft Drive Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3TJ
Received 18 Apr 202059 Bush Road Cuxton Rochester Medway ME2 1LS
Received 20 Apr 202016 Pump Lane Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7AB
Received 18 Apr 202028 Beech Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 2LP
Received 20 Apr 2020180 High Street Chatham Medway ME4 4AS
Received 20 Apr 202016 Gordon Terrace Rochester Medway ME1 1SB
Received 20 Apr 2020Land West Of Maidstone Road And South Of Stoney Lane Rochester ME1 3QZ
Received 20 Apr 20208 St Edmunds Way Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 8ER
Received 20 Apr 2020Land Off Broadway Gillingham Kent ME8 6DP
Received 20 Apr 2020The Dairy Bloors Place 538-540 Lower Rainham Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7TP
Received 21 Apr 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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