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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.
7,641 approved · 1,103 refused · 577 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 St Johns Way Borstal Rochester Medway ME1 3NT
Received 25 Mar 202423 Darnley Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 2EU
Received 25 Mar 2024Land North Of Frederick Road Gillingham Medway
Received 25 Mar 202453 Allington Drive Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3SZ
Received 25 Mar 202432 Rochester Road Halling Rochester Medway ME2 1AH
Received 25 Mar 202435 Deanwood Drive Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9NH
Received 25 Mar 20246 Yeoman Drive Darland Gillingham Medway ME7 3EL
Received 25 Mar 2024Land Adjacent 286 Castle Road Chatham Medway ME4 5JA
Received 25 Mar 2024Hempstead Valley Shopping Centre Hempstead Valley Drive Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3PD
Received 26 Mar 202499 Laburnum Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 2LB
Received 26 Mar 2024Upnor Jetty Upper Upnor Rochester Medway ME2 4XG
Received 26 Mar 2024294 - 296 High Street Chatham Medway ME4 4NR
Received 26 Mar 2024Land Opposite 39 Mafeking Road Walderslade Chatham Medway ME5 9HG
Received 26 Mar 2024Upnor Castle House Upnor Road Upper Upnor Rochester ME2 4XG
Received 26 Mar 2024Hardstanding Opposite To 32 Thorpe Walk Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9QU
Received 26 Mar 2024121 Grange Road Gillingham Medway ME7 2QT
Received 26 Mar 202446 Nares Road Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9RG
Received 26 Mar 202420 Timberland Rise Cliffe Rochester Medway ME3 8UN
Received 26 Mar 20244 Batchelor Street Chatham Medway ME4 4BJ
Received 26 Mar 2024288 - 290 High Street Chatham Medway ME4 4BP
Received 27 Mar 202423 Priestfields Rochester Medway ME1 3AB
Received 27 Mar 202471 Barberry Avenue Horsted Chatham Medway ME5 9TA
Received 27 Mar 202410 Donet Close Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9NX
Received 27 Mar 20242B Fox Street Gillingham Medway ME7 1HQ
Received 27 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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