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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.
7,672 approved · 1,109 refused · 579 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Edwin Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0AA
Received 14 May 202423 Round Top Close Cliffe Woods Rochester Medway ME3 8GZ
Received 14 May 202423 Round Top Close Cliffe Woods Rochester Medway ME3 8GZ
Received 14 May 202429 Grain Road Wigmore Gillingham Medway ME8 0NB
Received 14 May 202428 Stopford Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4NG
Received 14 May 202411 Marston Close Walderslade Chatham Medway ME5 9BY
Received 14 May 202422 Priory Road Gillingham Medway ME8 6AS
Received 15 May 2024129 Allington Drive Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3TA
Received 15 May 202410 James Road Cuxton Rochester Medway ME2 1DH
Received 15 May 2024Land Between Deanwood Drive And 1 Old Castle Walk Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9UD
Received 15 May 202429 Bill Street Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 4QU
Received 15 May 202419 Lyall Way Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9RB
Received 15 May 2024Foster Yeoman Grain Road Isle Of Grain Rochester Medway ME3 0AL
Received 15 May 202411 Queens Road Luton Chatham Medway ME5 7JS
Received 16 May 20248 Roebuck Road Rochester Medway ME1 1UD
Received 16 May 202418 Arthur Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 9BT
Received 16 May 202484 Alexandra House John Street Rochester Medway ME1 1YW
Received 16 May 2024116 High Street Chatham Medway ME4 4BY
Received 16 May 2024116 High Street Chatham Medway ME4 4BY
Received 16 May 2024Bridgeside Warwick Crescent Borstal Rochester Medway ME1 3LE
Received 16 May 2024The Terrace Car Park The Terrace Rochester Medway
Received 16 May 20241 Tigris Crescent St Marys Island Chatham Medway ME4 3AR
Received 16 May 202427 Berengrave Lane Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7LS
Received 17 May 202475 Danson Way Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7EN
Received 17 May 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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