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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.
7,682 approved · 1,111 refused · 579 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Chapel Lane Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3TD
Received 23 May 20243 Lendrim Close Brompton Gillingham Medway ME7 5RG
Received 23 May 202413 Mansel Drive Borstal Rochester Medway ME1 3HX
Received 23 May 202458 - 64 Grove Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 4BY
Received 23 May 2024Pear Tree House 68 West Street Gillingham Medway ME7 1EF
Received 23 May 2024612 Maidstone Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0JY
Received 23 May 2024Land South Of Berwick Way, East Of Frindsbury Hill And North And West Of Parsonage Lane (known As Manor Farm) Frindsbury Rochester Medway
Received 24 May 2024162 Bush Road Cuxton Rochester Medway ME2 1HB
Received 24 May 202426 Allington Drive Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3SX
Received 24 May 202490 Station Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 4BT
Received 28 May 2024Farmhouse 281 Pump Lane Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7TJ
Received 28 May 2024Land Adjacent To Balancing Pond St Andrews Park Halling Kent
Received 26 May 202435A Railway Street Chatham Medway ME4 4RH
Received 26 May 2024Brompton Barracks South Block Dock Road Chatham Medway ME4 4UG
Received 27 May 2024163 Berengrave Lane Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7UJ
Received 27 May 20247 Duchess Close Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3TX
Received 27 May 202474 Nares Road Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9RQ
Received 27 May 202488 Darland Avenue Darland Gillingham Medway ME7 3AR
Received 27 May 202438 Garfield Road Gillingham Medway ME7 1QB
Received 28 May 2024214 Luton Road Luton Chatham Medway ME4 5BS
Received 28 May 2024381 Maidstone Road Rochester Medway ME1 3PQ
Received 28 May 2024Land To The Front Of 34 Brickmakers Way Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3BF
Received 28 May 202446 Cloisterham Road Rochester Medway ME1 2BW
Received 29 May 202421 Layfield Road Gillingham Medway ME7 2QY
Received 29 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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