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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.
6,977 approved · 1,009 refused · 535 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
48 Kingfisher Drive Princes Park Chatham Medway ME5 7NY
Received 16 Jun 202350 Brompton Farm Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3QY
Received 16 Jun 2023Southern Section Of Store House No 2 And Fitted Rigging House Anchor Wharf Main Gate Road Historic Dockyard Chatham Medway ME4 4SX
Received 16 Jun 2023B P Oil Uk Kent Terminal Store Grain Road Isle Of Grain Rochester Medway ME3 0HA
Received 16 Jun 202313 Common Creek Wharf Rochester Medway ME1 1GE
Received 16 Jun 2023Building Rear Of 137 High Street Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 8BD
Received 16 Jun 2023Sail And Colour Loft Church Lane Historic Dockyard Chatham Medway ME4 4TE
Received 16 Jun 2023521 Maidstone Road Rochester Medway ME1 3PJ
Received 16 Jun 202380 Mckenzie Road Walderslade Chatham Medway ME5 8DQ
Received 19 Jun 202315 Barrowfields Lordswood Chatham Medway ME5 8HZ
Received 19 Jun 2023The Roebuck Inn 47 St Margarets Street Rochester Medway ME1 1UF
Received 19 Jun 202323 Hawbeck Road Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9TR
Received 19 Jun 2023Land At 1-3 Connaught Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4QD
Received 19 Jun 2023Mobile Home At Roughways Barn Chattenden Farm Lodge Hill Lane Chattenden Rochester Medway ME3 8NY
Received 20 Jun 202324 Ravenswood Avenue Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3BX
Received 20 Jun 202380 Beresford Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4EU
Received 20 Jun 202385 Clandon Road Lordswood Chatham Medway ME5 8UN
Received 20 Jun 20232 Connaught Road Luton Chatham Medway ME4 5DJ
Received 20 Jun 2023Avenue Tennis Club Glebe Road Gillingham Medway ME7 2HU
Received 20 Jun 20239 Haven Way St Marys Island Chatham Medway ME4 3LB
Received 21 Jun 20232 Meadowsweet View St Marys Island Chatham Medway ME4 3BA
Received 21 Jun 2023Land Adjacent To 89 Maidstone Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0DR
Received 21 Jun 2023The Haven 89 Rock Avenue Gillingham Medway ME7 5PX
Received 21 Jun 20234 Cade Close St Marys Island Chatham Medway ME4 3AJ
Received 21 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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