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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.
7,772 approved · 1,131 refused · 584 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
6 Redshank Road St Marys Island Chatham Medway ME4 3NX
Received 24 Sept 202470 Prince Charles Avenue Walderslade Chatham Medway ME5 8EY
Received 24 Sept 20245 Holcombe Road Chatham Medway ME4 5RU
Received 24 Sept 202414 Augustus Way St Marys Island Chatham Medway ME4 3AW
Received 24 Sept 2024Dockside Outlet Centre Maritime Way Chatham Maritime Chatham Medway ME4 3ED
Received 24 Sept 2024Dockside Outlet Centre Maritime Way Chatham Maritime Chatham Medway ME4 3ED
Received 24 Sept 20241 Manor Court Lower Twydall Lane Twydall Gillingham Medway ME7 2UX
Received 24 Sept 2024Frindsbury House 42 Hollywood Lane Wainscott Rochester ME3 8AL
Received 24 Sept 2024112 Woodlands Road Gillingham Medway ME7 2SP
Received 24 Sept 2024Plot 2 High View Farm Lordswood Lane Chatham Medway ME5 8JP
Received 25 Sept 2024Binga-low Buttway Lane Cliffe Rochester Medway ME3 7QP
Received 25 Sept 202410-14 Atlanta Court Chatham Medway ME4 6PG
Received 25 Sept 202446- 50 Asquith Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0JD
Received 25 Sept 202411 Honeysuckle Close Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3NF
Received 25 Sept 2024Council Office Gun Wharf Dock Road Chatham Medway ME4 4TR
Received 25 Sept 2024The Green Lion 104 High Street Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 8AD
Received 25 Sept 2024The Green Lion 104 High Street Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 8AD
Received 25 Sept 2024Stoke Primary Academy Allhallows Road Lower Stoke Rochester Medway ME3 9SL
Received 25 Sept 2024Fort Amherst Dock Road Chatham Medway ME4 4UB
Received 26 Sept 202417, 34 And 36 Sturdee Avenue Gillingham ME7 2JN
Received 26 Sept 2024196 Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME4 6HS
Received 26 Sept 202455 Maidstone Road Rochester Medway ME1 1RL
Received 26 Sept 20241 Camellia Close Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0HJ
Received 27 Sept 202420 Junction Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4EH
Received 26 Sept 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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