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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.
7,595 approved · 1,100 refused · 572 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Tree Tops 98 Robin Hood Lane Walderslade Chatham Medway ME5 9LD
Received 5 Feb 2024Splashes Leisure Pool Bloors Lane Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7EG
Received 5 Feb 202443 - 47A Luton High Street Luton Chatham Medway ME5 7LP
Received 5 Feb 2024Greenacre Academy 157 Walderslade Road Walderslade Chatham Medway ME5 0LP
Received 5 Feb 2024Land At East Hill Chatham Kent
Received 5 Feb 202431A Longhill Avenue Gillingham Medway ME5 7AR
Received 5 Feb 2024Alpha Roebuck Road Rochester Medway ME1 1UE
Received 5 Feb 2024Unit 12-13 Stirling Park Laker Road Rochester Medway ME1 3QR
Received 5 Feb 20244 Ethelbert Road Rochester Medway ME1 3EU
Received 6 Feb 2024Brompton Barracks Dock Road Chatham Medway ME4 4UG
Received 6 Feb 202476 Asquith Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0JD
Received 6 Feb 20243 Ballens Road Lordswood Chatham Medway ME5 8NS
Received 6 Feb 2024Land South Of View Road Cliffe Woods Rochester Kent
Received 6 Feb 2024Land To The Rear Of 5-7 Roper Close Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9QX
Received 6 Feb 2024Dillywood Garden Centre Dillywood Lane Wainscott Rochester Medway ME3 7NT
Received 6 Feb 2024Land At 1A Springfield Road Gillingham Medway ME7 1YJ
Received 6 Feb 2024Land Adjacent To 1 Springfield Road And Rear Of 153-155 Railway Street Gillingham Medway ME7 1YJ
Received 6 Feb 2024Fort Amherst Dock Road Chatham Medway ME4 4UB
Received 6 Feb 20246 Foulds Close Wigmore Gillingham Medway ME8 0QF
Received 6 Feb 20249 Southfields Rochester Medway ME1 3EB
Received 6 Feb 202434 Stanhope Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3EJ
Received 7 Feb 2024Land At London Road Tesco Opposite 40 London Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 6YX
Received 7 Feb 2024Hawthorns Upnor Road Upnor Rochester Medway ME2 4UP
Received 7 Feb 202434 Thorndale Close Horsted Chatham Medway ME5 9SW
Received 7 Feb 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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