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.
6,528 approved · 953 refused · 507 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Temple Waterfront Roman Way Strood Kent
Received 25 Nov 201972 Burnham Walk Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 8RX
Received 25 Nov 201941 Rotary Gardens Gillingham Medway ME7 2AB
Received 25 Nov 201985 Wayfield Road Wayfield Chatham Medway ME5 0EP
Received 25 Nov 2019Rochester City Airport Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME5 9SD
Received 25 Nov 2019Rochester City Airport Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME5 9SD
Received 25 Nov 2019Rochester City Airport Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME5 9SD
Received 25 Nov 20192 Love Lane Rochester Medway ME1 1TN
Received 25 Nov 2019Marsh Lodge Farm Lower Halling Rochester Medway ME2 1AY
Received 26 Nov 201923 Crundale Road Twydall Gillingham Medway ME8 6TA
Received 26 Nov 201919 Little Victory Mount St Marys Island Chatham Medway ME4 3TB
Received 26 Nov 2019Garages Adjacent To Lynsted Road Twydall Medway Gillingham ME8 6LT
Received 26 Nov 2019Garages Rear Of 4A And 6 Brabourne Avenue Twydall Gillingham Kent ME8 6RN
Received 26 Nov 2019Site Adjacent To Eastcourt Green Twydall Gillingham Medway ME8 6LU
Received 26 Nov 2019Site Adjacent To Woodchurch Crescent Twydall Gillingham Medway ME8 6XA
Received 26 Nov 2019Former Victoria Cross Public House 614 Lordswood Lane Lordswood Chatham Medway ME5 8QX
Received 26 Nov 201917 Green Lane Isle Of Grain Rochester Medway ME3 0DQ
Received 26 Nov 201954 Stour Close Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3JY
Received 27 Nov 201947 Alamein Avenue Wayfield Chatham ME5 0HZ
Received 27 Nov 2019Land Adjacent To Quayside House Maritime Way Chatham Maritime Chatham Kent ME4 4UH
Received 27 Nov 2019124 Luton Road Luton Chatham Medway ME4 5AD
Received 27 Nov 2019Land Off Broadway Gillingham Kent ME8 6DP
Received 27 Nov 201922 Crescent Way Horsted Chatham Medway ME5 9SY
Received 27 Nov 2019Land Between 5 -11 Tennyson Avenue Cliffe Woods Rochester Medway ME3 8JF
Received 28 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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