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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.
7,899 approved · 1,162 refused · 600 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
130 Pattens Lane Chatham Medway ME4 6JP
Received 24 Feb 202516 Sandgate Court Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 8TQ
Received 24 Feb 2025Court Lodge Farm The Street Stoke Rochester Medway ME3 9RT
Received 22 Feb 2025To The Side Of Main Entrance, Dockside Outlet Centre Maritime Way Chatham Maritime Chatham Medway ME4 3ED
Received 24 Feb 2025599 Maidstone Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0LJ
Received 22 Feb 202511 Bettescombe Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 9AY
Received 24 Feb 2025Unit 11 Riverside Estate Sir Thomas Longley Road Medway City Estate Rochester Medway ME2 4DP
Received 23 Feb 2025Green Space Between Houses 12-30 And Brompton Play Area Prospect Row Brompton Medway
Received 24 Feb 20253 Napier Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4HB
Received 24 Feb 20255 King Arthurs Drive Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3LZ
Received 24 Feb 2025Council Office Gun Wharf Dock Road Chatham Medway ME4 4TR
Received 24 Feb 20253 Westerly Way St Marys Island Chatham Medway ME4 3AA
Received 24 Feb 2025Holcombe Grammar School Holcombe 103 Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME4 6JB
Received 24 Feb 202537 Rochester Road Halling Rochester Medway ME2 1AQ
Received 24 Feb 20252 Copperpenny Drive Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3DT
Received 25 Feb 202538 Burma Way Wayfield Chatham Medway ME5 0JL
Received 25 Feb 202591 Ingram Road Gillingham Medway ME7 1SH
Received 25 Feb 2025295 Wigmore Road Wigmore Gillingham Medway ME8 0LY
Received 25 Feb 2025Land To The Rear Of Berengrave Lane Rainham ME8 7FG
Received 25 Feb 20253 Kingswood Road Gillingham Medway ME7 1DZ
Received 25 Feb 2025Br007 Officers Mess Brompton Barracks Dock Road Chatham Medway ME4 4UG
Received 26 Feb 2025Br007 Officers Mess Royal School Of Military Engineering Brompton Barracks Wood Street Chatham Medway ME4 4UG
Received 26 Feb 2025103 Castlemaine Avenue Gillingham Medway ME7 2QB
Received 26 Feb 2025Medway Maritime Hospital Windmill Road Gillingham Medway ME7 5NY
Received 26 Feb 2025Records 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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