Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
7,920 approved · 1,163 refused · 604 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Near 31 Great Lines Brompton Gillingham Medway
Received 13 Mar 2025126 Nelson Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4LL
Received 14 Mar 2025130 Edwin Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0AG
Received 14 Mar 202525 Elliotts Way Horsted Chatham Medway ME4 6EF
Received 14 Mar 2025The Roebuck Inn 47 St Margarets Street Rochester Medway ME1 1UF
Received 14 Mar 20252 The Wheelers Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0SD
Received 14 Mar 202581 Herbert Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 9DA
Received 14 Mar 2025Land Adj To 8 Wollaston Close Parkwood Gillingham ME8 9SH
Received 14 Mar 202577 Herbert Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 9DA
Received 14 Mar 2025Yantlett Farm West Lane Isle Of Grain Rochester Medway ME3 0BG
Received 14 Mar 2025Durland House 160 High Street Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 8AT
Received 14 Mar 202522 Beresford Avenue Rochester Medway ME1 2QU
Received 15 Mar 2025635 Lordswood Lane Lordswood Chatham Medway ME5 8RA
Received 17 Mar 2025412 Maidstone Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0JA
Received 17 Mar 20251 Royal Eagle Close Medway City Estate Rochester Medway ME2 4NF
Received 17 Mar 2025Morrisons Supermarket Knight Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 2AA
Received 17 Mar 2025Land Adjacent Fenn Street And Ratcliffe Highway St Mary Hoo Rochester Medway ME3 8RF
Received 17 Mar 2025Land Adjacent Fenn Street And Ratcliffe Highway St Mary Hoo Rochester Medway ME3 8RF
Received 17 Mar 2025Flat 336 High Street Chatham Medway ME4 4NR
Received 17 Mar 2025Land Adjacent Fenn Street And Ratcliffe Highway St Mary Hoo Rochester Medway ME3 8RF
Received 17 Mar 202535 Little Victory Mount St Marys Island Chatham Medway ME4 3TB
Received 17 Mar 2025207 Warren Wood Road Rochester Medway ME1 2XL
Received 17 Mar 2025254 Maidstone Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0HH
Received 17 Mar 202525 Franklin Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4DF
Received 17 Mar 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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