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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.
7,705 approved · 1,115 refused · 580 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
209 - 217 High Street Rochester Medway ME1 1HB
Received 24 Jun 202462 Poplicans Road Cuxton Rochester Medway ME2 1EJ
Received 24 Jun 2024Commodore Drewery Drive Rainham Gillingham ME8 0NX
Received 24 Jun 2024Greenacre Academy 157 Walderslade Road Walderslade Chatham Medway ME5 0LP
Received 24 Jun 202485 Charles Drive Cuxton Rochester Medway ME2 1DT
Received 24 Jun 202414 Pleasant Row (path) Rochester Medway ME1 1YA
Received 24 Jun 2024209 - 217 High Street Rochester Medway ME1 1HB
Received 25 Jun 202429 Wordsworth Close Princes Park Chatham Medway ME5 7NU
Received 25 Jun 20241 The Gatehouse Seaford Court Rochester Medway ME1 1QP
Received 25 Jun 2024134 St Williams Way Rochester Medway ME1 2PE
Received 25 Jun 202426 Swain Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0SN
Received 25 Jun 202450 Trevale Road Rochester Medway ME1 3PA
Received 25 Jun 202412 Newenden Road Wainscott Rochester Medway ME2 4NJ
Received 25 Jun 2024Land South Of Berwick Way, East Of Frindsbury Hill And North And West Of Parsonage Lane (known As Manor Farm) Frindsbury Rochester Medway
Received 25 Jun 2024Land North Of Moor Street Rainham Gillingham Medway
Received 25 Jun 2024Land At Manor Farm Parsonage Lane Strood Rochester Medway ME2 4UT
Received 25 Jun 20247 Binland Grove Horsted Chatham Medway ME5 9UU
Received 25 Jun 202415 Rolvenden Avenue Twydall Gillingham Medway ME8 6SH
Received 26 Jun 20241 Sandgate Court Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 8TQ
Received 26 Jun 20245 Hamilton Road Gillingham Medway ME7 1QJ
Received 26 Jun 2024Grassed Area Between Pembroke And Blake Buildings Adjacent To Central Avenue Medway Campus Gillingham Chatham Maritime ME4 4TB
Received 26 Jun 2024Heathcliff Cottage Well Penn Road Cliffe Rochester Medway ME3 7SD
Received 26 Jun 2024423 High Street Chatham Medway ME4 4NU
Received 26 Jun 2024327 Hempstead Road Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3QJ
Received 26 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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