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.
8,051 approved · 1,188 refused · 615 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 May 2013 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
33A Frindsbury Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 4TD
Received 21 May 2025Land At East Hill Chatham Kent
Received 21 May 2025Tregenna 248 Main Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9HG
Received 21 May 202560 Begonia Avenue Twydall Gillingham Medway ME8 6YB
Received 22 May 2025Land Adjacent To Balancing Pond St Andrews Park Halling Kent
Received 22 May 202535 Farnham Close Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 8NR
Received 22 May 2025Airport Works, Bae Systems Marconi Way Rochester Medway ME1 2XX
Received 22 May 2025Land At Lennoxwood Adjacent To Petham Green Twydall Medway Gillingham ME8 6SW
Received 22 May 2025St. John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School City Way Rochester ME1 2FA
Received 22 May 2025Sited Within Ballens Rough Abutting North Dane Way Lordswood Kent
Received 22 May 2025BAE Airport Works Marconi Way Rochester Medway ME1 2EJ
Received 23 May 2025Cragie Walk Greenspace Cragie Walk Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9JH
Received 23 May 202536 Boundary Road Chatham Medway ME4 6TS
Received 23 May 2025Group Of Three Trees Sited Within Lower Lines Park Purser Way Gillingham Medway
Received 23 May 202593 - 95 Bush Road Cuxton Rochester Medway ME2 1EY
Received 23 May 202579 Rock Avenue Gillingham Medway ME7 5PX
Received 23 May 202546 Star Hill Rochester Medway ME1 1XQ
Received 23 May 2025Homelands 98 Dargets Road Walderslade Chatham Medway ME5 8BP
Received 23 May 2025Port View Farm Rye Street Cliffe Rochester Medway ME3 7UD
Received 23 May 202542 Malvern Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4BA
Received 26 May 20259 Earl Close Walderslade Chatham Medway ME5 8HA
Received 26 May 20258 Copperfield Road Rochester Medway ME1 2JB
Received 27 May 202577 Dargets Road Walderslade Chatham Medway ME5 8BS
Received 27 May 20256 Landor Court Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3SP
Received 27 May 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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