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Medway Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Medway Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates12,339Searchable applications
0Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 8,883 approved or refused records
1,128Refused applications
7,755 approved · 1,128 refused · 582 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information PlanningLocal plan Planning policyPre-application advice Pre-application adviceConservation areas Conservation areas and listed buildingsArticle 4 directions Article 4 Directions
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas24 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas47 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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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.
More application records
- Not publishedMC/24/1866
Construction of an extension to side together with associated external alterations to form separate dwelling and installation of roof lights to front and rear of main dwelling
22 Walters Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9JR
Received 11 Sept 2024 - Not publishedMC/24/1867
Construction of a new block of three flats with associated refuse and cycle storage
Land Adjacent To Highway House 193 New Road Chatham Medway ME4 4QA
Received 11 Sept 2024 - Not publishedMC/24/1868
Construction of a new detached dwelling (demolition of existing garage)
Land Rear Of 1 Blenheim Avenue Chatham Medway ME4 6UU
Received 11 Sept 2024 - Not publishedMC/24/1869
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) for the rear garden siting of a mobile home for ancillary use to the main dwelling.
28 Boxley Road Walderslade Chatham Medway ME5 9LF
Received 11 Sept 2024 - Not publishedMC/24/1870
Construction of a detached dwelling with associated parking and hard and soft landscaping
218 King George Road Weeds Wood Chatham Medway ME5 0PH
Received 11 Sept 2024 - Not publishedTPA/24/1872
T1 - Alder - Reduce tree by no more than 30% taking 2 meters of the top leaving 14 meters and 2 meters off north, east, south,west sides leaving 3.5 meters. T2 - Purple plum - Reduce tree by no more than 30% taking 2 meters off the top leaving 10 meters and 1.5 meters off north, east, south,west sides leaving 3 meters.
2 Houghton Avenue Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3RY
Received 12 Sept 2024 - Not publishedTPA/24/1873
T1 - Beech - Reduce in height by 2m leaving 10m. Prune away from house by 2m leaving 3m.
4 Blackrock Gardens Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3TH
Received 12 Sept 2024 - Not publishedMC/24/1874
Demolition of existing conservatory and construction of two storey side extension and single storey rear extension.
13 Horseshoe Close Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3QU
Received 12 Sept 2024 - Not publishedMC/24/1875
Change of use from dwelling house to HMO (sui Generis) for 7 people.
12 Castle Avenue Rochester Medway ME1 2DU
Received 12 Sept 2024 - Not publishedMC/24/1877
Submission of reserved matters pursuant to outline planning permission MC/20/1025 (allowed under appeal reference APP/A2280/W/21/3266477) for appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for the construction of three self-build dwellings with associated parking and amenity space
Plot 1 309 Lower Rainham Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME7 2XH
Received 12 Sept 2024 - Not publishedMC/24/1878
Submission of reserved matters pursuant to outline planning permission MC/20/1025 (allowed under appeal reference APP/A2280/W/21/3266477) for appearance, landscaping, layout, and scale for the construction of three self-build dwellings with associated parking and amenity space
Plot 2 309 Lower Rainham Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME7 2XH
Received 12 Sept 2024 - Not publishedMC/24/1879
Submission of reserved matters pursuant to outline planning permission MC/20/1025 (allowed under appeal reference APP/A2280/W/21/3266477) for appearance, landscaping, layout, and scale for the construction of three self-build dwellings with associated parking and amenity space
Plot 3 309 Lower Rainham Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME7 2XH
Received 12 Sept 2024 - Not publishedMC/24/1880
Submission of reserved matters pursuant to outline planning permission MC/20/1025 (allowed under appeal reference APP/A2280/W/21/3266477) for access for the construction of three self-build dwellings with associated parking and amenity space
309 Lower Rainham Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME7 2XH
Received 12 Sept 2024 - Not publishedMC/24/1881
Non Material Amendment to planning permission MC/21/1858 to remove proposed ramp and parking reverted to existing
Newton Close Resource Centre Sultan Road Lordswood Chatham ME5 8TJ
Received 12 Sept 2024 - Not publishedMC/24/1882
Details pursuant to condition 7 (Initial Land Use and Initial Trip Cap parameters) on planning permission MC/21/0979 for Outline planning application with all matters reserved except access (to be taken from Eschol Road) for the construction of flexible EG (iii)/B2/B8 use class buildings, sui generis uses for energy uses and a lorry park, together with servicing, parking, landscaping, drainage, remediation, demolition and earthworks
Kingsnorth Power Station Eschol Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9NQ
Received 12 Sept 2024 - Not publishedMC/24/1883
Details pursuant to condition 4 (GCN and Reptile survey) on planning permission MC/23/2727 for Installation of new Filtration Platform
B P Oil Uk Kent Terminal, Store Grain Road Isle Of Grain Rochester Medway ME3 0HA
Received 12 Sept 2024 - Not publishedTPA/24/1884
T1-OAK TREE (LOCATED IN PLAYGROUND) reduce east and west facing lateral growth by upto 4m to maintain size. Leaving a EW crown spread of 10m. Reduce south facing lateral growth towards the building by upto 3m to provide clearance.Reduce North facing lateral growth by upto 4m to maintain size, leaving a N-S Crown spread of 9m. Reduce height by upto 2m to balance and shape, leaving a height of 15m. (remove dead branches)
Snapdragons Cdc Cliffe Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3FF
Received 12 Sept 2024 - Not publishedMC/24/1885
Application for non-material amendment to planning permission MC/22/2839 seeking minor changes to the wording of conditions 3 (Reptile Translocation), 7 (Bats) and 9 (Foundation Design) attached to the planning consent to allow the barns development forward in parts/phases.
Land South Of Berwick Way Manor Farm Parsonage Lane Strood Rochester Medway ME2 4UT
Received 12 Sept 2024 - Not publishedMC/24/1887
Construction of a single storey side extension
274 Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME4 6JL
Received 13 Sept 2024 - Not publishedMC/24/1888
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) For the construction of dormers to side/rear with roof lights to front to facilitate living accommodation within the roof space. Construction of a single storey extension to rear - demolition of existing conservatory
86 Grove Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 4BY
Received 13 Sept 2024 - Not publishedTPA/24/1889
T1 - Oak - Remove epicormic growth from the tree stem up to the crown break to 6m from ground level, Crown reduce the Northern and Southern facing canopy in by 2m leaving the North to South canopy spread at 12m, Crown reduce the Eastern facing canopy only by 2m leaving the East to West canopy spread at 14m to balance the remaining tree canopy and Crown lift the to a height of no more than 3m from ground level leaving no less than 11.5m of canopy measured from top to bottom
1 Fairfax Close Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9SZ
Received 13 Sept 2024 - Not publishedMC/24/1890
Construction of a two storey side extension.
2 Marley Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9DH
Received 13 Sept 2024 - Not publishedMC/24/1891
Details pursuant to condition 3 (Landscaping), 5 (Landscape management plan) and 15 (Biodiversity) on planning permission MC/24/0088 for Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) with details pursuant to condition 10 (car parking and service management plan) of planning permission MC/18/3659 including to allow revisions to the parking provision for the development
Chatham Waterfront Globe Lane Car Park Globe Lane Chatham Kent ME4 4HA
Received 16 Sept 2024 - Not publishedMC/24/1892
Application for a non-material amendment to planning permission MC/24/0603 to reduce width of single storey side projection, change the front ground level roof, rear extension roof, rooflights, added window and door to side elevation.
95 Ballens Road Lordswood Chatham Medway ME5 8PA
Received 14 Sept 2024
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What these statistics cover
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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