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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.
7,822 approved · 1,137 refused · 587 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
228 Wigmore Road Wigmore Gillingham Medway ME8 0TW
Received 5 Nov 2024227 - 229 High Street Chatham Medway ME4 4YJ
Received 5 Nov 2024164 High Street Rochester Medway ME1 1EX
Received 5 Nov 2024Land Rear Of 15 Ingram Road Gillingham Medway ME7 1SB
Received 5 Nov 202459 Thomas Stanley Drive Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 8FY
Received 6 Nov 2024Land West Of Grain Road And South Of West Lane Medway Power Station Grain Road Isle Of Grain Rochester Kent
Received 6 Nov 2024Former Police Section House East Road Historic Dockyard Chatham Medway ME4 4AF
Received 6 Nov 2024Land West Of Grain Road And South Of West Lane Medway Power Station Grain Road Isle Of Grain Rochester Medway ME3 0AG
Received 6 Nov 2024The Brook Theatre Old Town Hall The Brook Chatham Medway ME4 4SE
Received 6 Nov 2024M C L Ltd Grove Road Upper Halling Rochester Medway ME2 1HZ
Received 6 Nov 2024M C L Ltd Grove Road Upper Halling Rochester Medway ME2 1HZ
Received 6 Nov 2024M C L Ltd Grove Road Upper Halling Rochester Medway ME2 1HZ
Received 6 Nov 2024Land Rear 26 And 28 Duncan Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4LE
Received 7 Nov 2024Land Rear Of 112 Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME4 6DQ
Received 7 Nov 20242 St Matthews Way Allhallows Rochester Medway ME3 9SH
Received 7 Nov 2024Plot 5 Land Adjoining 35 Cooling Road High Halstow Rochester Medway ME3 8SA
Received 7 Nov 20241 Butt Haw Close Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9BA
Received 8 Nov 2024Beadles Toyota Bailey Drive Gillingham Business Park Gillingham Medway ME8 0PZ
Received 8 Nov 2024Land To Rear Of 73 London Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7RJ
Received 8 Nov 202439 Railway Street Chatham Medway ME4 4RH
Received 8 Nov 202418 Parkside Cliffe Woods Rochester Medway ME3 8JP
Received 8 Nov 202431 Jasper Avenue Rochester Medway ME1 2LD
Received 8 Nov 20249 Earl Close Walderslade Chatham Medway ME5 8HA
Received 9 Nov 202453 Sandown Drive Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 9DT
Received 9 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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