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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.
7,824 approved · 1,139 refused · 588 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Crispe Close Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9RU
Received 9 Nov 202416 Romsey Close Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3TJ
Received 11 Nov 20247 Grasmere Grove Wainscott Rochester Medway ME2 4PN
Received 11 Nov 2024Land Fronting 9-14 Blowers Wood Grove Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3RD
Received 11 Nov 2024Former Cuxton Pit No. 2 Roman Way Strood ME2 2NU
Received 11 Nov 2024Former Cuxton Pit No. 2 Roman Way Strood ME2 2NU
Received 11 Nov 2024Unit 5-6 Dockside Outlet Centre Maritime Way Chatham Maritime Chatham Medway ME4 3ED
Received 11 Nov 2024Unit 5-6 Dockside Outlet Centre Maritime Way Chatham Maritime Chatham Medway ME4 3ED
Received 11 Nov 2024St Simon Of England Church Bleakwood Road Walderslade Chatham Medway ME5 0NF
Received 11 Nov 2024Weymouth House 75 College Avenue Gillingham Medway ME7 5HX
Received 12 Nov 20243 Holly Road Wainscott Rochester Medway ME2 4LG
Received 12 Nov 2024101 Maidstone Road Rochester Medway ME1 1RN
Received 12 Nov 202472 Princes Avenue Walderslade Chatham Medway ME5 8AH
Received 12 Nov 2024Flanders Farm Ratcliffe Highway Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 8QE
Received 12 Nov 202414 Tennyson Avenue Cliffe Woods Rochester Medway ME3 8JF
Received 12 Nov 2024Waterside Court Maritime Way Chatham Maritime Chatham ME4 4RT
Received 12 Nov 202419 Lillymonte Drive Rochester Medway ME1 3EX
Received 12 Nov 2024144 Chart Place Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 0LW
Received 13 Nov 2024Land To Rear Of 9-15 Railway Street Gillingham Medway ME7 1XF
Received 13 Nov 2024Newbold 71 Robin Hood Lane Walderslade Chatham Medway ME5 9NP
Received 13 Nov 2024Land To The East Of Seymour Road And North Of London Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 6YX
Received 13 Nov 2024Land To The Side Of 122 Ballens Road Lordswood Chatham Medway ME5 8PH
Received 13 Nov 202418 Arthur Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 9BT
Received 13 Nov 2024Shant Cottage Grain Road Lower Stoke Rochester Medway ME3 9RF
Received 14 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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