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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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Medway Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
7,788 approved · 1,135 refused · 584 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
6 Detling Close Twydall Gillingham Medway ME8 6UA
Received 10 Oct 20241 Eastmoor Farm Cottages Moor Street Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 8QE
Received 10 Oct 2024135 Wigmore Road Wigmore Gillingham Medway ME8 0TH
Received 11 Oct 202425 South Avenue Gillingham Medway ME8 6EG
Received 11 Oct 20242A Watts Avenue Rochester Medway ME1 1RX
Received 11 Oct 2024179 -181 Maidstone Road Rochester Medway ME1 1SF
Received 11 Oct 202438 Khartoum Road Brompton Gillingham Medway ME7 5AX
Received 11 Oct 202442 North Street Strood Rochester Medway ME2 4SN
Received 11 Oct 2024116 Eastcourt Lane Twydall Gillingham Medway ME8 6HQ
Received 11 Oct 2024142 Rock Avenue Gillingham Medway ME7 5PR
Received 14 Oct 2024146 Edwin Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0AQ
Received 14 Oct 20247 Millfordhope Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 2TE
Received 12 Oct 202453 Queendown Avenue Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9PD
Received 12 Oct 20242 Burnt Oak Terrace Gillingham Medway ME7 1DP
Received 14 Oct 2024Anchored 277 Walderslade Road Walderslade Chatham Medway ME5 0NH
Received 13 Oct 2024Land Adjacent To 118 Borstal Road Rochester Medway ME1 3EQ
Received 13 Oct 20242 Deering Close St Marys Island Chatham Medway ME4 3SX
Received 14 Oct 2024Land South Of View Road Cliffe Woods Rochester Kent
Received 14 Oct 2024Land South Of View Road Cliffe Woods Rochester Kent
Received 14 Oct 2024Land South Of View Road Cliffe Woods Rochester Kent
Received 14 Oct 2024Land Rear Of 247-253 High Street And 1-5 Batchelor Street Chatham Medway ME4 4BJ
Received 14 Oct 202453 Jarrett Avenue Wainscott Rochester Medway ME2 4NG
Received 14 Oct 20249 Jackson Close Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0DN
Received 14 Oct 2024183 City Way Rochester ME1 2BG
Received 14 Oct 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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