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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.
8,121 approved · 1,199 refused · 623 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
305 Woodlands Road Gillingham Medway ME7 2TA
Received 25 Jun 2025136 Gravesend Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3QT
Received 25 Jun 2025Allemande Romany Road Twydall Gillingham Medway ME8 6JH
Received 25 Jun 202548 - 52 Napier Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4HD
Received 25 Jun 2025Unit 215 Kingsnorth Industrial Estate Main Road Rochester Medway ME3 9NZ
Received 25 Jun 2025157 Edgewater St Marys Island Chatham Medway ME4 3AS
Received 25 Jun 202513 Pembroke Gardens Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 8TD
Received 26 Jun 202528 Foulds Close Wigmore Gillingham Medway ME8 0QF
Received 26 Jun 2025Flanders Farm Ratcliffe Highway Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 8QE
Received 26 Jun 202511 Alma Place Strood Rochester Medway ME2 2AE
Received 26 Jun 202578 Priestfields Rochester Medway ME1 3AB
Received 26 Jun 20251A Georgian Way Wigmore Gillingham Medway ME8 0QY
Received 26 Jun 2025Land Adjacent To 1 Springfield Road Gillingham Medway ME7 1YJ
Received 26 Jun 202580 Beechwood Avenue Darland Chatham Medway ME5 7HJ
Received 27 Jun 2025Land Adjacent To 1 Springfield Road Gillingham Medway ME7 1YJ
Received 27 Jun 2025Access Road To The East Of The Dockside Outlet Centre Maritime Way Chatham Maritime Chatham Gillingham Medway ME4 3ED
Received 27 Jun 202512 Ferrier Close Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9JL
Received 27 Jun 202547 Greenway Horsted Chatham Medway ME5 9UY
Received 27 Jun 202577 Delce Road Rochester Medway ME1 2ES
Received 30 Jun 2025The Manse 88 Capstone Road Lordswood Chatham Medway ME5 7PG
Received 28 Jun 2025Land East Of Rainham Pumping Station And North Of Lower Rainham Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7TX
Received 30 Jun 202569 First Avenue Gillingham Medway ME7 2LF
Received 28 Jun 202592 Cecil Road Rochester Medway ME1 2HS
Received 29 Jun 202532 Chalfont Drive Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 9DN
Received 30 Jun 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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