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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.
6,907 approved · 1,000 refused · 531 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land South To Southwest Of 41 Old Castle Walk Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9UE
Received 27 May 202012 Bronington Close Princes Park Chatham Medway ME5 7RA
Received 28 May 2020The Royal Oak 53 Cooling Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 4RP
Received 28 May 2020Land Adjacent To 8 Wiltshire Close & 1-11 Somerset Close Princes Park Chatham ME5 7SR
Received 28 May 20208 Toad Hall Crescent Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 8PA
Received 29 May 20203 Opal Green Lordswood Chatham Medway ME5 8QG
Received 29 May 2020Land North Of Medway Road Gillingham Medway ME7 1NY
Received 29 May 2020Jenkins Dale Chatham Medway ME4 5QW
Received 29 May 2020Plot 2A Culpepper Close Medway City Estate Rochester Medway ME2 4HU
Received 29 May 2020175 High Street Rochester Medway ME1 1EH
Received 29 May 2020Land South Of Stoney Lane & West Of Rochester Road Maidstone Road Borstal Rochester ME1 3QZ
Received 29 May 2020102 Toronto Road Gillingham Medway ME7 2ES
Received 30 May 2020Upper Mount Old Road Chatham ME4 6BP
Received 26 Feb 2021Land Between Medway Road And Cumberland Road Gillingham Medway ME7 1NH
Received 1 Mar 20219 Martin Court Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3SD
Received 4 Mar 2021Globe Lane Car Park Globe Lane Chatham Medway
Received 9 Mar 2021Kingsnorth Power Station Power Station Access Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9NQ
Received 6 Apr 2021Gibraltar Farm Ham Lane Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3JJ
Received 5 May 2021Former White Horse PH Site The Street Stoke Rochester Medway ME3 9RT
Received 24 May 2021Land Off Lower Rainham Road Rainham Gillingham Medway
Received 8 Jun 2021Innovation Park Medway Rochester Airport Maidstone Road Chatham ME1 2XX
Received 7 Jul 2021165 Barnsole Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4JH
Received 7 Oct 2021Land West Of Station Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7QZ
Received 14 Oct 2021Land Off Lower Rainham Road Rainham Gillingham Medway
Received 5 Nov 2021Records 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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