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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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Medway Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
7,576 approved · 1,095 refused · 570 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 May 2013 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
137 Bells Lane Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9HY
Received 4 Jan 2024110B Luton Road Luton Chatham Medway ME4 5AB
Received 5 Jan 2024Orchard House King Edward Road Rochester Medway ME1 1UA
Received 5 Jan 2024Land Adjacent To 1 Tyler Drive Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9LT
Received 5 Jan 202423 Hallwood Close Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9NT
Received 5 Jan 2024144 Long Catlis Road Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9TX
Received 5 Jan 2024Allhallows Holiday Park Allhallows Caravan Park Allhallows Rochester Medway ME3 9QD
Received 5 Jan 2024Temple Waterfront Phase 2 Land Between Roman Way And Knight Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 2BA
Received 5 Jan 202422 Hurstwood Horsted Chatham Medway ME5 0XJ
Received 5 Jan 202478 Thorold Road Luton Chatham Medway ME5 7EB
Received 8 Jan 2024318-320 Luton Road Luton Chatham Medway ME4 5BD
Received 8 Jan 2024Land To The Rear Of 3 Harlequin Fields Rochester Medway ME1 3EQ
Received 7 Jan 20243 Priestfields Rochester Medway ME1 3AG
Received 8 Jan 2024Woodfield Cooling Common Cliffe Rochester Medway ME3 7TJ
Received 7 Jan 2024The Roebuck Inn 47 St Margarets Street Rochester Medway ME1 1UF
Received 7 Jan 2024Land To The East Of Seymour Road And North Of London Road Rainham Gillingham Medway
Received 8 Jan 2024Former Civic Centre High Street Strood Rochester Medway ME2 4AB
Received 8 Jan 202450 Wooldeys Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7NU
Received 8 Jan 2024101 Hollywood Lane Wainscott Rochester Medway ME3 8AT
Received 8 Jan 202458 St Williams Way Rochester Medway ME1 2PD
Received 8 Jan 2024Jezreels Tower Works 111 Rainham Road Gillingham Medway ME7 5NQ
Received 8 Jan 2024Rose Garden Florist 361 Walderslade Road Walderslade Chatham Medway ME5 9LW
Received 9 Jan 20242 New Road Cliffe Rochester Medway ME3 7SL
Received 9 Jan 202475 Danson Way Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7EN
Received 9 Jan 2024Records 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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