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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.
7,706 approved · 1,115 refused · 580 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
River Wall Adjacent To Limehouse Wharf Rochester Kent ME1 1GQ
Received 26 Jun 2024The Hogarth Inn 41 - 43 High Street Isle Of Grain Rochester Medway ME3 0BJ
Received 26 Jun 2024368A Maidstone Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0HU
Received 26 Jun 202414 Livingstone Road Gillingham Medway ME7 2EH
Received 26 Jun 202419 Grange Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 4DA
Received 27 Jun 2024Avenue Tennis Club Glebe Road Gillingham Medway ME7 2HU
Received 27 Jun 2024Templars Rise Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3FD
Received 27 Jun 202493 Bryant Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3ES
Received 28 Jun 202493 Bryant Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3ES
Received 28 Jun 202451 Wyles Road Chatham Medway ME4 6LE
Received 28 Jun 2024The Ship And Trades Hotel Maritime Way Chatham Maritime Chatham Medway ME4 3ER
Received 28 Jun 202469 - 71 High Street Rochester Medway ME1 1LX
Received 28 Jun 202469 - 71 High Street Rochester Medway ME1 1LX
Received 28 Jun 2024Land South Of Berwick Way, Manor Farm Parsonage Lane Strood Rochester Medway ME2 4UT
Received 28 Jun 20247 Longfield Avenue High Halstow Rochester Medway ME3 8TA
Received 1 Jul 2024Land To The South Of New Road Chatham Medway
Received 28 Jun 202429 Jarrett Avenue Wainscott Rochester Medway ME2 4NN
Received 30 Jun 202434 Swain Close Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3PZ
Received 30 Jun 2024109 Jersey Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3PD
Received 1 Jul 2024R S M E Workshop R E M E Ministry Of Defence Higham Road Wainscott Rochester Medway ME3 8BW
Received 1 Jul 2024Land Adjacent To Balancing Pond St Andrews Park Halling Kent
Received 1 Jul 202410 The Rise Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3SF
Received 1 Jul 202445 Brambletree Crescent Borstal Rochester Medway ME1 3LQ
Received 1 Jul 2024163 Barnsole Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4JH
Received 1 Jul 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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