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.
6,464 approved · 946 refused · 500 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Co Op Store Maritime Way Chatham Maritime Chatham Medway ME4 3ER
Received 29 Oct 2019Co Op Store Maritime Way Chatham Maritime Chatham Medway ME4 3ER
Received 29 Oct 2019102 Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME4 6DQ
Received 29 Oct 201912A Kirkdale Close Lordswood Chatham Medway ME5 8SH
Received 29 Oct 201913 Yeoman Drive Darland Gillingham Medway ME7 3EL
Received 29 Oct 2019Trevine Boley Hill Rochester Medway ME1 1TE
Received 29 Oct 2019National Grid Grain Lng Terminal Grain Road Isle Of Grain ME3 0EH
Received 29 Oct 2019National Grid Grain Lng Terminal Grain Road Isle Of Grain ME3 0EH
Received 29 Oct 201911 Crescent Way Horsted Chatham Medway ME5 9SY
Received 29 Oct 2019Cameron Cpi Uk Badger Road Lordswood Chatham Medway ME5 8TD
Received 30 Oct 20192 Richborough Drive Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3LU
Received 30 Oct 2019Junction With Western Avenue And Maritime Way Chatham Maritime Chatham Medway ME4 4NT
Received 30 Oct 2019141 Pump Lane Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7AP
Received 31 Oct 2019277A Gillingham Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4QX
Received 31 Oct 201927-31 Pattens Lane Chatham Medway ME4 6JR
Received 31 Oct 201986 Symons Avenue Chatham Medway ME4 5UH
Received 31 Oct 2019267 Wilson Avenue Rochester Medway ME1 2SR
Received 31 Oct 2019McDonald's Restaurant Courteney Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0FB
Received 31 Oct 201922 Zetland Avenue Darland Gillingham Medway ME7 3AE
Received 31 Oct 201976 Commercial Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 2AD
Received 31 Oct 20192 Westergate Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3RZ
Received 31 Oct 20193 Rivermead St Marys Island Chatham Medway ME4 3JR
Received 1 Nov 20196 Church Street Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9AH
Received 1 Nov 20198 Church Street Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9AH
Received 1 Nov 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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