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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.
7,686 approved · 1,113 refused · 579 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
24 Abinger Drive Lordswood Chatham Medway ME5 8UL
Received 29 May 2024249 London Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 6YR
Received 29 May 202416 The Everglades Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3PY
Received 29 May 2024249 London Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 6YR
Received 29 May 20247 Mckenzie Road Walderslade Chatham Medway ME5 8DL
Received 29 May 2024Waterside Court Maritime Way Chatham Maritime Chatham ME4 4RT
Received 30 May 202455 Pump Lane Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7AD
Received 29 May 20249 Rosemount Court Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3NF
Received 30 May 202422 Chicago Avenue Gillingham Medway ME7 2DR
Received 30 May 202418 Ladywood Road Cuxton Rochester Medway ME2 1EW
Received 30 May 2024Land North Of Moor Street Rainham Gillingham Medway
Received 30 May 2024Bridgeside Warwick Crescent Borstal Rochester Medway ME1 3LE
Received 30 May 2024The Hungry Fox Hempstead Valley Drive Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3PE
Received 30 May 2024Land Off Hall Road Fenn Street St. Mary Hoo ME3 8RW
Received 30 May 2024Urchins Kindergarden Marlborough Road Community Centre Marlborough Road Gillingham Medway ME7 5HB
Received 30 May 2024175 Nelson Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4NB
Received 31 May 2024St Nicholas Ce Voluntary Controlled Infant School London Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3HU
Received 31 May 2024278 Lonsdale Drive Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 9JT
Received 31 May 20245 New Road Avenue Chatham Medway ME4 6AR
Received 31 May 2024267 Wigmore Road Wigmore Gillingham Medway ME8 0LZ
Received 31 May 202425 Edwin Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0AA
Received 3 Jun 202414 Tudor Grove Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 9AF
Received 1 Jun 202484 Bramling Way Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 8FG
Received 1 Jun 2024100 Eastcourt Lane Twydall Gillingham Medway ME8 6HQ
Received 1 Jun 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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