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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.
7,692 approved · 1,114 refused · 579 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22 Burma Way Wayfield Chatham Medway ME5 0JL
Received 5 Jun 202440 Balmoral Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4PG
Received 5 Jun 20245 Guelder Rose Drive Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9FX
Received 5 Jun 2024Kingdom Hall Bloors Lane Rainham Gillingham ME8 7DS
Received 5 Jun 2024Southern House Capstone Road Lordswood Chatham Medway ME5 7QA
Received 6 Jun 202439 Seaton Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4BJ
Received 6 Jun 202454 Woodlands Road Gillingham Medway ME7 2DS
Received 6 Jun 2024103 Harptree Drive Weeds Wood Chatham Medway ME5 0TF
Received 6 Jun 202426 Bramley Rise Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3SU
Received 12 Jun 2024Bridgeside Warwick Crescent Borstal Rochester Medway ME1 3LE
Received 6 Jun 2024124 Trafalgar Street Gillingham Medway ME7 4RP
Received 7 Jun 2024124 Trafalgar Street Gillingham Medway ME7 4RP
Received 7 Jun 202483 High Street Chatham Medway ME4 4EE
Received 7 Jun 202425 Sandgate Court Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 8TQ
Received 7 Jun 2024274 Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME4 6JL
Received 7 Jun 2024Holly Lodge & Tudor Lodge Chattenden Lane Chattenden Rochester ME3 8NL
Received 7 Jun 202424 Ravenswood Avenue Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3BX
Received 6 Jun 202418 St Marys Road Gillingham Medway ME7 1JH
Received 7 Jun 202414 Watling Street Gillingham Medway ME7 2YQ
Received 7 Jun 20241 Pepys Way Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3LH
Received 7 Jun 20242 Deering Close St Marys Island Chatham Medway ME4 3SX
Received 10 Jun 202418 Ajax Road Rochester Medway ME1 2UY
Received 10 Jun 2024112 Brompton Farm Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3QZ
Received 10 Jun 202420 Kelly Drive Gillingham Medway ME7 1FF
Received 10 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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