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.
6,539 approved · 955 refused · 507 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 London Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3HT
Received 28 Nov 2019Flanders Farm Ratcliffe Highway Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 8QE
Received 28 Nov 2019Land To The South Of Stoke Road Adjacent Yew Tree Lodge Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9BH
Received 28 Nov 2019Ravelin Building Royal Engineers Museum Prince Arthur Road Brompton Gillingham Chatham Medway ME7 1UR
Received 28 Nov 2019Ravelin Building Royal Engineers Museum Prince Arthur Road Brompton Gillingham Chatham Medway ME7 1UR
Received 28 Nov 2019Building BR302 Royal Engineers Museum Prince Arthur Road Brompton Gillingham Medway ME7 1UR
Received 28 Nov 2019St Andrews House The College The Precinct Rochester Medway ME1 1SU
Received 28 Nov 201956 Sycamore Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 2PJ
Received 29 Nov 201921 Berengrave Lane Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7LS
Received 29 Nov 2019367 Maidstone Road Rainham Gillingham ME8 0HT
Received 29 Nov 201912 Bootham Close Strood Rochester Medway ME2 2PG
Received 29 Nov 201923 New Road Rochester Medway ME1 1BG
Received 2 Dec 201967 Knights Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9DX
Received 2 Dec 201951 Broadview Avenue Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 9DD
Received 2 Dec 20196 Gun Lane Strood Rochester Medway ME2 4UB
Received 3 Dec 201925 Taverners Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 9AW
Received 3 Dec 2019366 Pump Lane Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7TJ
Received 3 Dec 20198 Zetland Avenue Darland Gillingham Medway ME7 3AE
Received 3 Dec 201973 Berengrave Lane Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7NL
Received 3 Dec 2019Clock Tower House Watling Street Chatham Medway ME5 7HF ME7
Received 3 Dec 2019Petham Green Estate Petham Green Twydall Gillingham Medway ME8 6SY
Received 3 Dec 2019Land East Of Formby Road Halling Rochester Kent
Received 3 Dec 2019Chatham Grammar School For Girls Rainham Road Gillingham Chatham Medway ME5 7EH
Received 3 Dec 2019Land At Chatham Docks Pier Road Gillingham Kent
Received 3 Dec 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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