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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.
7,845 approved · 1,142 refused · 591 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Chester Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4AF
Received 26 Nov 2024Land To The South Of Stoke Road Adjacent Yew Tree Lodge Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9BH
Received 26 Nov 2024379 Lower Woodlands Road Gillingham Medway ME7 2TR
Received 27 Nov 2024Airport Works BAE Systems Marconi Way Rochester Medway ME1 2XX
Received 27 Nov 20246 Cragie Walk Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9JH
Received 27 Nov 202430 Birling Avenue Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7EY
Received 27 Nov 2024Garage Site Rear Of 23-29 Seagull Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 2SQ
Received 27 Nov 20247 Yeoman Drive Darland Gillingham Medway ME7 3EL
Received 27 Nov 202445 - 47 Cooling Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 4RP
Received 27 Nov 2024287 Castle Road Chatham Medway ME4 5JA
Received 28 Nov 20241A Georgian Way Wigmore Gillingham Medway ME8 0QY
Received 28 Nov 2024Land West Of Edinburgh Road Isle Of Grain Rochester Medway
Received 28 Nov 202490 Wiltshire Close Princes Park Chatham Medway ME5 7SS
Received 28 Nov 2024132 Haig Avenue Rochester Medway ME1 2RX
Received 28 Nov 2024Barclays Bank 263 - 265 High Street Chatham Medway ME4 4BZ
Received 29 Nov 2024Land To The East Of Oakhurst Close Walderslade Chatham Medway ME5 9AN
Received 2 Dec 2024Health Care Centre Longley Road Rochester Medway ME1 2TH
Received 2 Dec 2024Conway Hall Conway Mews Brompton Gillingham Medway ME7 5BD
Received 2 Dec 202420 Collings Walk Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9SE
Received 2 Dec 202427 - 29 High Street Isle Of Grain Rochester Medway ME3 0BJ
Received 2 Dec 20241A Northwood Avenue High Halstow Rochester Medway ME3 8SX
Received 2 Dec 202411 Wheatcroft Grove Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 9JF
Received 2 Dec 2024Town Hall Gardens Off Rope Walk/Whiffens Avenue Chatham Medway ME4 4SF
Received 3 Dec 2024117 Darnley Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 2EY
Received 3 Dec 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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