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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.
7,719 approved · 1,120 refused · 582 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
42 North Street Strood Rochester Medway ME2 4SN
Received 17 Jul 20248 Dixwell Close Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9TB
Received 17 Jul 202441 Maidstone Road Rochester Medway ME1 1RL
Received 17 Jul 2024Mid Kent College Medway Campus Medway Road Gillingham Medway ME7 1FN
Received 18 Jul 20242 East Street Chatham Medway ME4 5NJ
Received 18 Jul 20241 Manor Court Lower Twydall Lane Twydall Gillingham Medway ME7 2UX
Received 18 Jul 2024259 - 261 High Street Rochester Medway ME1 1HQ
Received 19 Jul 2024259 - 261 High Street Rochester Medway ME1 1HQ
Received 19 Jul 2024259-261 High Street Rochester Medway ME1 1HQ
Received 19 Jul 202421 Bloors Lane Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7EJ
Received 22 Jul 2024Dalham Barn Cooling Road High Halstow Rochester Medway ME3 8SA
Received 22 Jul 202493 - 95 Bush Road Cuxton Rochester Medway ME2 1EY
Received 19 Jul 20241A And 1B Brooklyn Paddock Gillingham Medway ME7 1DU
Received 18 Jul 2024Land At East Hill Chatham Kent
Received 23 Jul 202424 Berber Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3AN
Received 22 Jul 20241 Honey Close Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3PF
Received 22 Jul 202414 Bulrush Close Walderslade Chatham Medway ME5 9BN
Received 23 Jul 2024Land Adjacent To 20 Kelly Drive And Land Rear/side Of 11 Kelly Drive Gillingham Medway
Received 23 Jul 20242 Wyles Road Chatham Medway ME4 6HA
Received 23 Jul 202419 Farriers Court Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 8PY
Received 23 Jul 202455 Avery Way Allhallows Rochester Medway ME3 9QN
Received 24 Jul 202428 Marley Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9DH
Received 24 Jul 202436 Crescent Way Horsted Chatham Medway ME5 9SY
Received 25 Jul 2024Garages Adjacent To 186 Laburnum Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 2LD
Received 25 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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