Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
7,736 approved · 1,121 refused · 582 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
74 Bryant Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3EY
Received 8 Aug 2024Land Off 143 Berengrave Lane Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7UJ
Received 8 Aug 202464 Twydall Green Twydall Gillingham Medway ME8 6XJ
Received 8 Aug 2024Land Rear Of 46 Jeffery Street Gillingham Medway ME7 1BZ
Received 8 Aug 2024Wainscott Camp Haven Street Wainscott Rochester Medway ME3 8BP
Received 9 Aug 2024Grange Road Cemetery Gillingham Medway
Received 9 Aug 2024100 Richmond Road Gillingham Medway ME7 1LR
Received 9 Aug 20249 Meresborough Farm Cottages Meresborough Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 8PP
Received 9 Aug 2024Wainscott Camp Haven Street Wainscott Rochester Medway ME3 8BP
Received 9 Aug 202415 Bulrush Close Walderslade Chatham Medway ME5 9BN
Received 10 Aug 2024Brompton Barracks Dock Road Chatham Medway ME4 4UG
Received 12 Aug 202459 Castlemaine Avenue Gillingham Medway ME7 2QB
Received 12 Aug 20246 Lankester Parker Road Rochester Medway ME1 3QU
Received 12 Aug 2024Land Adjacent To 89 Maidstone Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0DR
Received 12 Aug 202415 Middleton Close Parkwood Gillingham ME8 9LN
Received 12 Aug 2024Woodland' S 'Chapel Valley Shaw' And 'Chapel Garden' Abutting Hempstead Valley Drive
Received 12 Aug 202433 Beech Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 2LR
Received 13 Aug 2024Woodreeves Land Between 21 And 29 York Avenue Chatham ME5 9EP
Received 13 Aug 202418 Melody Close Wigmore Gillingham Medway ME8 0NH
Received 13 Aug 2024Former Cuxton Pit No. 2 Roman Way Strood ME2 2NU
Received 13 Aug 2024Garages West Of Cambridge Terrace Chatham Medway ME4 4HU
Received 13 Aug 20247 Heritage Drive Darland Gillingham Medway ME7 3EQ
Received 13 Aug 2024134 Pilgrims Road Upper Halling Rochester Medway ME2 1HP
Received 13 Aug 2024105 Kent Road Halling Rochester Medway ME2 1AT
Received 13 Aug 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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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