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.
6,564 approved · 955 refused · 510 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
50 Twydall Lane Twydall Gillingham Medway ME8 6JE
Received 9 Dec 2019Land Situated Between Courteney Road And Hoath Way (opposite Tesco) Gillingham Medway ME8 0FB
Received 9 Dec 2019The Royal Oak 53 Cooling Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 4RP
Received 9 Dec 2019146 St Williams Way Rochester Medway ME1 2PE
Received 9 Dec 201991 High Street Chatham Medway ME4 4DL
Received 10 Dec 201911 Wyvill Close Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9NE
Received 10 Dec 2019133 Hollywood Lane Wainscott Rochester Medway ME3 8AS
Received 10 Dec 2019234 Beechings Way Twydall Gillingham Medway ME8 6ST
Received 10 Dec 2019Car Park To The East Of 95 High Street Halling Rochester Medway ME2 1BS
Received 10 Dec 2019126 Bredhurst Road Wigmore Gillingham Medway ME8 0QU
Received 10 Dec 2019147 Edwin Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0AQ
Received 10 Dec 201971 Greenfinches Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3PW
Received 11 Dec 2019103 Sundridge Drive Walderslade Chatham Medway ME5 8JE
Received 11 Dec 201923 New Road Rochester Medway ME1 1BG
Received 11 Dec 20199 Niven Close Wainscott Rochester Medway ME3 8BS
Received 11 Dec 20195 Marsh Crescent High Halstow Rochester Medway ME3 8TJ
Received 11 Dec 2019Site Opposite The Junction Of City Way And Onslow Road And Opposite 148 City Way Rochester Medway ME1 2AB
Received 11 Dec 201912 Bootham Close Strood Rochester Medway ME2 2PG
Received 12 Dec 2019Avenue Of Lime Trees Leading From Gillingham Green To Grange Rd To The South Of The Church Building Gillingham Kent
Received 12 Dec 2019114 Brompton Farm Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3QZ
Received 12 Dec 201956 Sycamore Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 2PJ
Received 12 Dec 2019Land Adjacent To 47 Lyall Way Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9RE
Received 12 Dec 2019255 City Way Rochester ME1 2TL
Received 13 Dec 2019Fort Pitt Grammar School Fort Pitt Hill Chatham Medway ME4 6TJ
Received 13 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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