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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.
6,982 approved · 1,011 refused · 535 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Satis House Boley Hill Rochester Medway ME1 1TE
Received 21 Jun 202331 Queendown Avenue Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9PD
Received 22 Jun 20231 Hilton Close Halling Rochester Medway ME2 1GB
Received 22 Jun 2023254 Maidstone Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0HH
Received 22 Jun 202336 Manor Lane Borstal Rochester Medway ME1 3JN
Received 23 Jun 2023Court Farm Pilgrims Road Upper Halling Rochester Medway ME2 1HR
Received 23 Jun 2023Rochester Health Centre Delce Road Rochester Medway ME1 2EL
Received 23 Jun 20233 Willowherb Close St Marys Island Chatham Medway ME4 3HQ
Received 23 Jun 2023328 Hempstead Road Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3QJ
Received 23 Jun 20237 Reedham Crescent Cliffe Woods Rochester Medway ME3 8HT
Received 23 Jun 20234 Grizedale Close Rochester Medway ME1 2UX
Received 26 Jun 202363 Rock Avenue Gillingham Medway ME7 5PU
Received 26 Jun 202386 Long Catlis Road Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9TA
Received 26 Jun 202313 Essex Road Halling Rochester Medway ME2 1AU
Received 26 Jun 2023The Old Ash Tree PH 136 Rainham Road Gillingham Medway ME5 7EN
Received 26 Jun 2023Kitchener Barracks Dock Road Chatham Medway ME4 4UG
Received 26 Jun 2023Kitchener Barracks Dock Road Chatham Medway ME4 4UG
Received 26 Jun 202358 - 64 Grove Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 4BY
Received 26 Jun 20236 Church Street Chatham Medway ME4 4BS
Received 26 Jun 202346 Queendown Avenue Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9NU
Received 27 Jun 2023Plot S1.3 Of Parcel 3 Innovation Park Medway South Innovation Way Chatham Medway ME5 9FD
Received 26 Jun 202322 Beech Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 2LP
Received 27 Jun 2023Former NHS Walk In Centre 547 - 553 Canterbury Street Gillingham Medway ME7 5LF
Received 27 Jun 2023Troy House 10 East Row Rochester Medway ME1 1XY
Received 27 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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