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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.
7,599 approved · 1,100 refused · 572 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Admirals Offices Main Gate Road Historic Dockyard Chatham Medway ME4 4TZ
Received 13 Feb 2024Watts Almshouses Maidstone Road Rochester Medway ME1 1SE
Received 14 Feb 2024BP Oil Limited Mosco Road Isle Of Grain Rochester Kent
Received 14 Feb 202439 James Road Cuxton Rochester Medway ME2 1DJ
Received 14 Feb 2024Unit 4 Jetty 5 Dock Head Road Chatham Maritime Chatham Medway ME4 4ZJ
Received 14 Feb 202417-73 Russell House Russell Court Luton Chatham Medway ME4 5LE
Received 15 Feb 202424 The Ridgeway Gillingham Medway ME7 1JN
Received 15 Feb 2024Blackmoore Barn Pond Hill Cliffe Rochester Medway ME3 7QS
Received 15 Feb 2024Land North Of Moor Street Rainham Gillingham Medway
Received 15 Feb 202431 Delce Road Rochester Medway ME1 2ET
Received 15 Feb 202421 King Street Gillingham Medway ME7 1EP
Received 15 Feb 202421 King Street Gillingham Medway ME7 1EP
Received 15 Feb 2024106 Pilgrims Road Upper Halling Rochester Medway ME2 1HP
Received 16 Feb 202494 Brompton Farm Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3QZ
Received 16 Feb 202422 Jiniwin Road Rochester Medway ME1 2DJ
Received 16 Feb 202422 Concord Avenue Horsted Chatham Medway ME5 9TR
Received 16 Feb 2024801 Lordswood Lane Lordswood Chatham Medway ME5 8JP
Received 16 Feb 202461 Weybridge Close Lordswood Chatham Medway ME5 8RW
Received 16 Feb 202462 Poplicans Road Cuxton Rochester Medway ME2 1EJ
Received 19 Feb 202431 South Avenue Gillingham Medway ME8 6EG
Received 19 Feb 202416 Upper Luton Road Luton Chatham Medway ME5 7BG
Received 19 Feb 2024Greatfield Lodge Darnley Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 2UU
Received 20 Feb 202477C Main Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9AA
Received 20 Feb 202426 Larkfield Avenue Gillingham Medway ME7 2LN
Received 20 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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