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.
7,743 approved · 1,123 refused · 582 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 Sandgate Court Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 8TQ
Received 23 Aug 2024Former Cuxton Pit No. 2 Roman Way Strood ME2 2NU
Received 23 Aug 202445 - 47 Cooling Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 4RP
Received 23 Aug 202425 Station Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7RS
Received 27 Aug 202475 Danson Way Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7EN
Received 26 Aug 2024Boley Hill House Boley Hill Rochester Medway ME1 1TE
Received 27 Aug 202412 Hardinge Close Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9TN
Received 27 Aug 20246 Martin Court Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3SD
Received 27 Aug 202470 Prince Charles Avenue Walderslade Chatham Medway ME5 8EY
Received 27 Aug 202458 Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME4 6DG
Received 27 Aug 202412 Roebuck Road Rochester Medway ME1 1UD
Received 27 Aug 2024Allhallows Holiday Park Allhallows Rochester Medway ME3 9QD
Received 27 Aug 2024Broom Hill Reservoir Gorse Road Strood Rochester Medway
Received 27 Aug 2024Flat 1 Aylmer Court Saunders Street Gillingham Medway ME7 1HX
Received 27 Aug 2024Valdon Button Drive Lower Stoke Rochester Medway ME3 9SR
Received 27 Aug 20247 Harvel Avenue Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3JU
Received 28 Aug 2024Park Lodge 362 Canterbury Street Gillingham Medway ME7 5JU
Received 28 Aug 2024Barclays Bank 263 - 265 High Street Chatham Medway ME4 4BZ
Received 28 Aug 2024Former Trafalgar Centre & Multi Storey Car Park High Street/Rhode Street/Whittaker Street Chatham ME4 4AL
Received 28 Aug 2024Diggerland Roman Way Strood Rochester ME2 2NU
Received 28 Aug 2024143 High Street Rochester Medway ME1 1EL
Received 28 Aug 2024Lower Lines Park Chatham Medway ME4 4NA
Received 28 Aug 2024Bishopscourt 24 St Margarets Street Rochester Medway ME1 1TS
Received 28 Aug 2024Bishopscourt 24 St Margarets Street Rochester Medway ME1 1TS
Received 28 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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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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