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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.
6,966 approved · 1,007 refused · 534 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 May 2013 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Dockside Outlet Centre Maritime Way Chatham Maritime Chatham Medway ME4 3ED
Received 6 Jun 2023Dockside Outlet Centre Maritime Way Chatham Maritime Chatham Medway ME4 3ED
Received 6 Jun 202329 Priestfields Rochester Medway ME1 3AB
Received 5 Jun 202368 City Way Rochester ME1 2AE
Received 6 Jun 2023Rear Of 97 Marlborough Road Gillingham Medway ME7 5HD
Received 6 Jun 2023The Crown 2 High Street Rochester Medway ME1 1PT
Received 6 Jun 2023The Crown 2 High Street Rochester Medway ME1 1PT
Received 6 Jun 2023The Oast Ranscombe Farm Sundridge Hill Cuxton Rochester Medway ME2 1LA
Received 6 Jun 202313 Walderslade Road Walderslade Chatham Medway ME4 6PA
Received 7 Jun 202322 Drakes Avenue Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3LN
Received 7 Jun 2023St Nicholas Ce Voluntary Controlled Infant School London Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3HU
Received 7 Jun 202344 - 46 Station Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 4BL
Received 7 Jun 202327 Junction Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4EH
Received 7 Jun 202395 Pine Grove Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3QP
Received 8 Jun 202380 Bloors Lane Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7DU
Received 8 Jun 2023Kitchener Barracks Dock Road Chatham Medway ME4 4UG
Received 8 Jun 2023Kitchener Barracks Dock Road Chatham Medway ME4 4UG
Received 8 Jun 2023Land South Of Lower Rainham Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7UD
Received 8 Jun 2023Kitchener Barracks Dock Road Chatham Medway ME4 4UG
Received 8 Jun 202333 Deanwood Drive Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9NH
Received 8 Jun 202353 Queendown Avenue Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9PD
Received 8 Jun 2023Pamden 175 Cuxton Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 2NJ
Received 9 Jun 20231 Ripplewaters St Marys Island Chatham Medway ME4 3BL
Received 9 Jun 202311 Arundel Close Lordswood Chatham Medway ME5 8UZ
Received 9 Jun 2023Records 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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