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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.
6,520 approved · 953 refused · 507 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2B Lynors Avenue Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3NQ
Received 21 Nov 201913 Battlesmere Road Cliffe Woods Rochester Medway ME3 8TR
Received 21 Nov 201922 Central Park Gardens Chatham Medway ME4 6UT
Received 21 Nov 2019311A High Street Chatham Medway ME4 4BN
Received 21 Nov 201924 Central Park Gardens Chatham Medway ME4 6UT
Received 21 Nov 2019Eastcourt Cottage Eastcourt Lane Twydall Gillingham Medway ME7 2UR
Received 21 Nov 2019171 High Street Rochester Medway ME1 1EH
Received 21 Nov 2019171 High Street Rochester Medway ME1 1EH
Received 21 Nov 201914 Brompton Hill Brompton Chatham Medway ME4 4XG
Received 22 Nov 201938-40 High Street Rochester Medway ME1 1LJ
Received 22 Nov 201915 Abbotts Close Rochester ME1 3AZ
Received 22 Nov 2019Shutdown Maintenance Services Ltd Kingsnorth Industrial Estate Hoo Rochester Medway ME3 9ND
Received 22 Nov 2019118 Pilgrims Road Upper Halling Rochester Medway ME2 1HP
Received 22 Nov 201938/40 High Street Rochester Medway ME1 1LJ
Received 22 Nov 2019323 Woodlands Road Gillingham Medway ME7 2TA
Received 25 Nov 2019109 City Way Rochester ME1 2BB
Received 25 Nov 20193 Balls Cottages Main Road Chattenden Rochester Medway ME3 8LL
Received 24 Nov 2019174 City Way Rochester ME1 2AU
Received 24 Nov 201921 Ballens Road Lordswood Chatham Medway ME5 8NS
Received 25 Nov 201951 Shepherds Gate Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3TG
Received 25 Nov 201917 Culpepper Road Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9RT
Received 25 Nov 201916 Bournville Avenue Chatham Medway ME4 6LR
Received 25 Nov 201931 Cypress Road Wainscott Rochester Medway ME2 4PT
Received 25 Nov 201945 May Road Rochester Medway ME1 2HY
Received 25 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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