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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.
7,609 approved · 1,100 refused · 572 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
133-135 Chatham Hill Luton Chatham Medway ME5 7AY
Received 23 Feb 20241 Pemberton Square Strood Rochester Medway ME2 4HH
Received 23 Feb 20246 Vicarage Road Gillingham Medway ME7 5HZ
Received 23 Feb 2024Kitchener Barracks Dock Road Chatham Medway ME4 4UG
Received 23 Feb 2024St Mary's Island Sectors 10, 11, 13 And 15
Received 23 Feb 2024Land South Of Lower Rainham Road Gillingham Rainham ME8 7UD
Received 23 Feb 20242 Heron Way Lower Stoke Rochester Medway ME3 9SU
Received 24 Feb 2024618 Mierscourt Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 8RG
Received 24 Feb 202441 Mill Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3BU
Received 26 Feb 2024105 Long Catlis Road Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9RR
Received 26 Feb 202459 New Road Chatham Medway ME4 4QR
Received 26 Feb 2024Kingsnorth Power Station Power Station Access Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9NQ
Received 26 Feb 202430 Hawthorn Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 2HN
Received 27 Feb 2024M C L Ltd Grove Road Upper Halling Rochester Medway ME2 1HZ
Received 27 Feb 2024Rear Of 127 Knights Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9BU
Received 27 Feb 202423 Solomon Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 8EA
Received 27 Feb 2024Land At Town Road Cliffe Woods Rochester Medway ME3 8JL
Received 27 Feb 202495 Bryant Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3ES
Received 27 Feb 2024Westoe 35C Pattens Lane Chatham Medway ME4 6JR
Received 28 Feb 2024Co Op 93 - 95 Bush Road Cuxton Rochester Medway ME2 1EY
Received 28 Feb 2024103 Bonded Warehouse Hulkes Lane Rochester Medway ME1 1EE
Received 28 Feb 2024Land Adjacent To Balancing Pond St Andrews Park Halling Kent
Received 28 Feb 202419 Hawthorne Avenue Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 6TR
Received 28 Feb 202492 St Margarets Street Rochester Medway ME1 3BJ
Received 28 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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