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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.
7,120 approved · 1,026 refused · 546 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
103 Long Catlis Road Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9QE
Received 20 Sept 2023Fort Pitt Grammar School Fort Pitt Hill Chatham Medway ME4 6TJ
Received 21 Sept 202314 Millcroft Road Cliffe Rochester Medway ME3 7QN
Received 21 Sept 202352 Singapore Drive Brompton Gillingham Medway ME7 5DB
Received 21 Sept 202322 Belvedere Road Rochester Medway ME1 1FW
Received 21 Sept 20239 Osprey Avenue Darland Gillingham Medway ME7 3AD
Received 21 Sept 2023Land Adjacent Rochester Railway Station Corporation Street Rochester Medway ME1 1NH
Received 21 Sept 2023162 Grange Road Gillingham Medway ME7 2QT
Received 21 Sept 2023St Clements House Corporation Street Rochester Medway ME1 1NL
Received 21 Sept 2023118 Elmstone Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 9BA
Received 22 Sept 202384 Chestnut Avenue Walderslade Chatham Medway ME5 9BD
Received 22 Sept 2023Land Adjacent To Balancing Pond St Andrews Park Halling Kent
Received 22 Sept 202352 St Margarets Street Rochester Medway ME1 1TU
Received 25 Sept 202318 Arthur Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 9BT
Received 25 Sept 20237 Marine View St Marys Island Chatham Medway ME4 3LA
Received 24 Sept 20238 Dial Road Gillingham Medway ME7 2RL
Received 24 Sept 202310 Grove Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 4BX
Received 25 Sept 202370 Crestway Wayfield Chatham Medway ME5 0BD
Received 25 Sept 2023Strood Academy Carnation Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 2SX
Received 25 Sept 2023The Crown 2 High Street Rochester Medway ME1 1PT
Received 25 Sept 2023The Crown 2 High Street Rochester Medway ME1 1PT
Received 25 Sept 2023New Academic Building Pembroke Chatham Maritime Gillingham Medway ME4 4AG
Received 25 Sept 2023180 Rochester Street Chatham Medway ME4 6RU
Received 26 Sept 2023227 Ballens Road Lordswood Chatham Medway ME5 8PH
Received 25 Sept 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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