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.
7,815 approved · 1,136 refused · 585 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
42 North Street Strood Rochester Medway ME2 4SN
Received 31 Oct 2024Allhallows Holiday Park Allhallows Rochester Medway ME3 9QD
Received 31 Oct 2024Allhallows Holiday Park Allhallows Rochester Medway ME3 9QD
Received 31 Oct 20242A Watts Avenue Rochester Medway ME1 1RX
Received 1 Nov 202431 Lawn Close Luton Chatham Medway ME4 5DP
Received 1 Nov 2024Tradebe Enterprise Close Medway City Estate Rochester Medway ME2 4LY
Received 31 Oct 2024Djilya 18 Grain Road Wigmore Gillingham Medway ME8 0NB
Received 1 Nov 2024112 - 114 Luton Road Luton Chatham Medway ME4 5AD
Received 1 Nov 20245-7 Mill Road And 4 Fox Street Gillingham Medway ME7 1HL
Received 1 Nov 20244 Culpepper Road Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9RS
Received 1 Nov 20249 Minstrel Close Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 8FJ
Received 1 Nov 2024BAE Systems Marconi Way Rochester Medway ME1 2XX
Received 4 Nov 2024157 Long Catlis Road Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9TY
Received 4 Nov 2024Broom Hill Reservoir Gorse Road Strood Rochester Medway
Received 1 Nov 2024148 High Street Rochester Medway ME1 1ER
Received 4 Nov 20242-3 Powder Monkey Row Admiralty Road Upnor Rochester Medway ME2 4XH
Received 4 Nov 202459 Holmside Gillingham Medway ME7 4BG
Received 4 Nov 202496 Parkfield Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7TA
Received 4 Nov 202418 Melody Close Wigmore Gillingham Medway ME8 0NH
Received 4 Nov 20243 Ashley Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 6TT
Received 5 Nov 2024297 Wigmore Road Wigmore Gillingham Medway ME8 0LY
Received 5 Nov 202423 Camellia Close Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0HJ
Received 5 Nov 2024Waterlane House 4 View Road Cliffe Woods Rochester Medway ME3 8JQ
Received 5 Nov 2024The Black House Lower Rainham Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME7 2XH
Received 5 Nov 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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