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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.
7,646 approved · 1,105 refused · 578 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 May 2013 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Cambridge Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0JE
Received 27 Mar 202427 Choir Close Wainscott Rochester Medway ME3 8FQ
Received 28 Mar 202425 Station Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7RS
Received 28 Mar 202450 Barncroft Drive Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3TJ
Received 28 Mar 2024156 St Williams Way Rochester Medway ME1 2PE
Received 28 Mar 2024Little Fenn Fenn Street St Mary Hoo Rochester Medway ME3 8QS
Received 28 Mar 202463 Mill Road Gillingham Medway ME7 1JB
Received 28 Mar 202421 Institute Road Chatham Medway ME4 4PF
Received 28 Mar 202412 Harty Avenue Wigmore Gillingham Medway ME8 0NA
Received 28 Mar 2024Land North Of Commissioners Road Strood Rochester Kent ME2 4EQ
Received 28 Mar 2024The Old Vicarage High Street Isle Of Grain Rochester Medway ME3 0BS
Received 28 Mar 2024178 Darnley Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 2UW
Received 29 Mar 202495 Malvern Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4BB
Received 2 Apr 2024Woodland Rear Of 8 Copperpenny Drive Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3DT
Received 2 Apr 2024179 Edwin Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0AH
Received 2 Apr 202418 Crescent Way Horsted Chatham Medway ME5 9SY
Received 2 Apr 2024218 Brompton Farm Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3NP
Received 2 Apr 2024Former Timber Merchants And Land Behind 13-15 Borough Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4LS
Received 2 Apr 20245 Brompton Hill Brompton Chatham Medway ME4 4XD
Received 2 Apr 2024162 Church Street Cliffe Rochester Medway ME3 7QB
Received 2 Apr 202417 Little Victory Mount St Marys Island Chatham Medway ME4 3TB
Received 2 Apr 2024Former Timber Merchants And Land Behind 13-15 Borough Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4LS
Received 2 Apr 20247 Bootham Close Strood Rochester Medway ME2 2PG
Received 3 Apr 2024167 Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME4 6JG
Received 3 Apr 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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