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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.
7,852 approved · 1,146 refused · 591 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1A Chapter Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3PX
Received 9 Dec 202422 Doddington Road Twydall Gillingham Medway ME8 6SR
Received 9 Dec 2024The Hollies And Southview Sharnal Street High Halstow Rochester ME3 8QR
Received 9 Dec 2024M C L Ltd Grove Road Upper Halling Rochester Medway ME2 1HZ
Received 9 Dec 2024M C L Ltd Grove Road Upper Halling Rochester Medway ME2 1HZ
Received 9 Dec 2024Pavement Outside The Front Of Gillingham Railway Station Railway Street Gillingham Medway ME7 1XE
Received 9 Dec 2024Pavement Outside The Front Of 106 - 108 And 110 High Street Gillingham Medway ME7 1AX
Received 9 Dec 2024Pavement To The Front Of 106 - 108 High Street Gillingham Medway ME7 1AX
Received 9 Dec 2024Pavement To The Front Of 53 High Street Gillingham Medway ME7 1BQ
Received 9 Dec 2024Pavement Outside 124 And 133-135 High Street Gillingham Medway ME7 1AU
Received 9 Dec 2024Pavement Outside 124 And 133-135 High Street Gillingham Medway ME7 1AU
Received 9 Dec 2024Pavement Outside 132 - 142 High Street Gillingham Medway ME7 1AS
Received 9 Dec 2024Pavement Outside 132 - 142 High Street Gillingham Medway ME7 1AS
Received 9 Dec 2024Go Outdoors The Brook Chatham Medway ME4 4NZ
Received 9 Dec 2024Pavement To The Front Of 53 High Street Gillingham Medway ME7 1BQ
Received 9 Dec 2024575 Mierscourt Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 8RB
Received 9 Dec 2024Pavement Outside The Front Of Gillingham Railway Station Railway Street Gillingham Medway ME7 1XE
Received 9 Dec 2024Timberscombe Cooling Street Cooling Rochester Medway ME3 8DD
Received 9 Dec 202455 Chattenden Lane Chattenden Rochester Medway ME3 8LE
Received 10 Dec 2024188 Featherby Road Gillingham Medway ME8 6DG
Received 10 Dec 202473 King Edward Road Gillingham Medway ME7 2RF
Received 10 Dec 202454 Ladywood Road Cuxton Rochester Medway ME2 1EP
Received 10 Dec 202468 Sir Evelyn Road Rochester Medway ME1 3LZ
Received 10 Dec 2024Land Adjacent Fenn Street And Ratcliffe Highway St Mary Hoo Rochester Medway ME3 8RF
Received 10 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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