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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.
7,516 approved · 1,089 refused · 569 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
38 Thorpe Walk Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9QU
Received 1 Nov 202313 - 17 North Street Strood Rochester Medway ME2 4SL
Received 1 Nov 20231 Ham River Hill Cliffe Woods Rochester Medway ME3 8EX
Received 1 Nov 2023Land At Chatham Docks Pier Road Gillingham Kent
Received 1 Nov 20231 Cragie Walk Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9JH
Received 1 Nov 202355 Holmside Gillingham Medway ME7 4BG
Received 2 Nov 202313 - 17 North Street Strood Rochester Medway ME2 4SL
Received 2 Nov 202397-111 Rainham Road Gillingham Medway ME7 5NQ
Received 2 Nov 2023111 Bells Lane Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9HY
Received 2 Nov 2023Eastcourt Works Beechings Way Twydall Gillingham Medway ME8 6PS
Received 2 Nov 2023Court Lodge Farm The Street Stoke Rochester Medway ME3 9RT
Received 2 Nov 2023Land Off Matts Hill Road, To The South Of The M2 Medway Services (West Bound).
Received 2 Nov 20236 Whinchat Way St Marys Island Chatham Medway ME4 3AF
Received 3 Nov 2023Pembroke House 11 Oxford Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4BS
Received 3 Nov 2023Plot S1.3 Of Parcel 3 Innovation Park Medway South Innovation Way Chatham Medway ME5 9FD
Received 3 Nov 202334 Breton Road Rochester Medway ME1 2JH
Received 3 Nov 2023Land South Of 49 Beacon Road Chatham Medway
Received 3 Nov 202323 Ferndale Road Gillingham Medway ME7 2PD
Received 3 Nov 202310 Priestfield Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4RF
Received 6 Nov 2023160 Canterbury Street Gillingham Medway ME7 5UB
Received 6 Nov 2023Colonial House Quayside Chatham Maritime Chatham Medway ME4 4YY
Received 6 Nov 2023Civic Centre Esplanade Strood Rochester Medway ME2 4AU
Received 6 Nov 2023261 Maidstone Road Rochester Medway ME1 3DD
Received 6 Nov 2023Land At Rear Of 52 Dagmar Road Luton Chatham Medway ME4 5HB
Received 6 Nov 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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