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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.
7,620 approved · 1,102 refused · 574 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
177 Cliffe Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3DW
Received 13 Mar 202430 Brambletree Crescent Borstal Rochester Medway ME1 3LG
Received 13 Mar 202438 Clandon Road Lordswood Chatham Medway ME5 8YB
Received 13 Mar 20242 Cobbs Cottages Lower Rochester Road Wainscott Rochester Medway ME3 8EW
Received 13 Mar 2024University Of Greenwich Pembroke Building (Formerly The Wardrooms) Central Avenue Chatham Maritime Gillingham Medway ME4 4TB
Received 13 Mar 202431 Swallow Rise Princes Park Chatham Medway ME5 7PR
Received 13 Mar 202463 Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME4 6DP
Received 13 Mar 202487 Victoria Street Gillingham Medway ME7 1EN
Received 14 Mar 20249 Riverbourne Way Chattenden Rochester Medway ME3 8GX
Received 14 Mar 20245 Minster Road Twydall Gillingham Medway ME8 6TE
Received 14 Mar 2024Fenit Lodge Pear Tree Lane Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3PU
Received 14 Mar 20245-7 Mill Road And 4 Fox Street Gillingham Medway ME7 1HL
Received 14 Mar 2024Land Rear Of 247-253 High Street And 1-5 Batchelor Street Chatham Medway ME4 4BJ
Received 14 Mar 202499 Twydall Lane Twydall Gillingham Medway ME8 6JT
Received 15 Mar 2024Maple Cottage Merryboys Road Cliffe Woods Rochester Medway ME3 7TP
Received 15 Mar 2024Prospect House Lower Twydall Lane Twydall Gillingham Medway ME7 2UX
Received 15 Mar 202410 Nags Head Lane Rochester Medway ME1 1BB
Received 15 Mar 202410 Nags Head Lane Rochester Medway ME1 1BB
Received 15 Mar 202410 Grove Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 4BX
Received 15 Mar 2024Grain Power Station Power Station Road Isle Of Grain Rochester Medway ME3 0AR
Received 15 Mar 20249 Hill Road Borstal Rochester Medway ME1 3NJ
Received 18 Mar 202441 Maidstone Road Rochester Medway ME1 1RL
Received 18 Mar 2024133 Rede Court Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3TT
Received 18 Mar 2024Squirrel Lodge Mortimers Avenue Cliffe Woods Rochester Medway ME3 8JT
Received 18 Mar 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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