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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.
7,062 approved · 1,018 refused · 542 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
St Johns Church 18 Railway Street Chatham Medway ME4 4JT
Received 7 Aug 202348 Kingfisher Drive Princes Park Chatham Medway ME5 7NY
Received 7 Aug 202311 White Leaves Rise Cuxton Rochester Medway ME2 1EG
Received 7 Aug 2023Blocks D, E, F And G Kitchener Barracks Dock Road Chatham Medway ME4 4UG
Received 7 Aug 202365 Rolvenden Road Wainscott Rochester Medway ME2 4PF
Received 8 Aug 2023254 Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME4 6JN
Received 8 Aug 20231 Kings Bastion Brompton Gillingham Medway ME7 5BX
Received 8 Aug 20234 Cade Close St Marys Island Chatham Medway ME4 3AJ
Received 8 Aug 2023Sun Pier House Medway Street Chatham Medway ME4 4HF
Received 8 Aug 2023Beadles Toyota Bailey Drive Gillingham Business Park Gillingham Medway ME8 0PZ
Received 8 Aug 2023166 Wakeley Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 8NW
Received 9 Aug 20239 Cranford Close Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7HD
Received 9 Aug 202324 Fairfax Close Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9SZ
Received 9 Aug 2023St Marys Hall, St Marys Hall Farmhouse Hall Road St Mary Hoo Rochester Medway ME3 8RH
Received 9 Aug 2023St Marys Hall, St Marys Hall Farmhouse Hall Road St Mary Hoo Rochester Medway ME3 8RH
Received 9 Aug 2023Allhallows Holiday Park Allhallows Rochester Medway ME3 9QD
Received 9 Aug 2023Prospect House Lower Twydall Lane Twydall Gillingham Medway ME7 2UX
Received 9 Aug 202318 Gorse Avenue Weeds Wood Chatham Medway ME5 0UG
Received 9 Aug 202341 La Providence Rochester Medway ME1 1NB
Received 9 Aug 2023Vanquis Bank Ltd South Block Compass Centre Pembroke Chatham Maritime Gillingham Medway ME4 4YG
Received 9 Aug 2023Plot 2, London Medway Commercial Park James Swallow Way Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9GX
Received 9 Aug 202343 Cherry Tree Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 8JY
Received 10 Aug 202336 Greenvale Gardens Twydall Gillingham Medway ME8 6HB
Received 10 Aug 2023199 The Tideway Rochester Medway ME1 3QF
Received 10 Aug 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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