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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.
7,947 approved · 1,165 refused · 604 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 The Paddocks Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3NG
Received 31 Mar 202513 The Glebe Cuxton Rochester Medway ME2 1LW
Received 31 Mar 202544A Fox Street Gillingham Medway ME7 1HH
Received 31 Mar 2025179 Bredhurst Road Wigmore Gillingham Medway ME8 0QU
Received 31 Mar 2025241 Maidstone Road Rochester Medway ME1 3DB
Received 31 Mar 202516 Motney Hill Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7TZ
Received 31 Mar 2025Land To The North Of Stoke Road And East Of Walnut Tree Grove Hoo St. Werburgh ME3 9YB
Received 1 Apr 2025St Georges Centre Pembroke Chatham Maritime Gillingham Medway ME4 4UH
Received 1 Apr 2025Rochester Delivery Office 165 High Street Rochester Medway ME1 1AA
Received 1 Apr 2025Rochester Delivery Office 165 High Street Rochester Medway ME1 1AA
Received 1 Apr 20254 Cypress Road Wainscott Rochester Medway ME2 4PS
Received 2 Apr 202519 Emerald Close Rochester Medway ME1 2UE
Received 2 Apr 202511 Pilgrims Way Cuxton Rochester Medway ME2 1LQ
Received 2 Apr 202521 Street End Road Wayfield Chatham Medway ME5 0AA
Received 3 Apr 2025146 Woodlands Road Gillingham Medway ME7 2SX
Received 3 Apr 2025Holly Lodge & Tudor Lodge Chattenden Lane Chattenden Rochester ME3 8NL
Received 3 Apr 2025Allhallows Holiday Park Allhallows Caravan Park Allhallows Rochester Medway ME3 9QD
Received 3 Apr 202570 -74 High Street Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7JH
Received 3 Apr 202570 -74 High Street Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7JH
Received 3 Apr 202511 Ruggles Close High Halstow Rochester Medway ME3 8RU
Received 31 Mar 202515 Berkeley Close Rochester Medway ME1 2UA
Received 31 Mar 2025111 Haig Avenue Rochester Medway ME1 2RX
Received 4 Apr 2025Land Adjacent Fenn Street And Ratcliffe Highway St Mary Hoo Rochester Medway ME3 8RF
Received 4 Apr 2025Avenue Tennis Club Glebe Road Gillingham Medway ME7 2HU
Received 4 Apr 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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