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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.
7,708 approved · 1,118 refused · 582 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1-5, 7-12, 14-17 Glovers Mill And Former Staircase Enclosures Adjacent To 8 And 9 Glovers Mill Princes Street Rochester Kent ME1 2JZ
Received 10 Jul 2024233 Barnsole Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4JQ
Received 10 Jul 202491 High Street Halling Rochester Medway ME2 1BP
Received 11 Jul 202411 Vancouver Drive Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0DD
Received 11 Jul 202443 Singapore Drive Brompton Gillingham Medway ME7 5DB
Received 11 Jul 2024The Old Vicarage Maxwell Road Brompton Gillingham Medway ME7 5SG
Received 11 Jul 2024Post Box 24M From 2 Kings Bastion 9M Kings Bastion Brompton Gillingham Medway ME7 5BY
Received 11 Jul 20249 Pyrus Place St Marys Island Chatham Medway ME4 3BJ
Received 11 Jul 20242- 4 Maxwell Road Brompton Gillingham Medway ME7 5AU
Received 11 Jul 20244 Maxwell Road Brompton Gillingham Medway ME7 5AU
Received 11 Jul 20241 Khartoum Road Brompton Gillingham Medway ME7 5AX
Received 11 Jul 2024Across The Road Opposite 23 Khartoum Road Brompton Gillingham Medway ME7 5AX
Received 11 Jul 2024Land Opposite 40 - 48 Singapore Drive Brompton Gillingham Medway ME7 5DA
Received 11 Jul 202415 Kings Bastion Brompton Gillingham Medway ME7 5BX
Received 11 Jul 202450 Kings Bastion Brompton Gillingham Medway ME7 5BY
Received 11 Jul 20244 Gibraltar Avenue Brompton Barracks Gillingham Medway ME7 5SS
Received 11 Jul 202420 Singapore Drive Brompton Gillingham Medway ME7 5DA
Received 11 Jul 202424 Singapore Drive Brompton Gillingham Medway ME7 5DA
Received 11 Jul 20242 Maxwell Road Brompton Gillingham Medway ME7 5AU
Received 11 Jul 2024Forge Cottage 214 Bush Road Cuxton Rochester Medway ME2 1HF
Received 12 Jul 2024Forge Cottage 214 Bush Road Cuxton Rochester Medway ME2 1HF
Received 12 Jul 2024Kings Preparatory School St Nicholas House King Edward Road Rochester Medway ME1 1UB
Received 12 Jul 2024101 Hollywood Lane Wainscott Rochester Medway ME3 8AT
Received 12 Jul 20241 - 2 Dillywood Cottages Dillywood Lane Wainscott Rochester Medway ME3 8DZ
Received 12 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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