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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.
8,152 approved · 1,203 refused · 624 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
University Of Greenwich Central Avenue Chatham ME4 4TB
Received 8 Jul 2025Police Section House East Road Historic Dockyard Chatham Medway ME4 4AF
Received 8 Jul 2025Police Section House East Road Historic Dockyard Chatham Medway ME4 4AF
Received 8 Jul 2025The Cannon 15 Garden Street Brompton Gillingham Medway ME7 5AS
Received 8 Jul 2025Airport Works BAE Systems Marconi Way Rochester Medway ME1 2XX
Received 8 Jul 2025Avery House Avery Way Allhallows Rochester Medway ME3 9QN
Received 8 Jul 2025T1 Is Sited Adjacent To 9 And 10 Barlow Close, On Dolphin Drive. T2, T3 And T4 Are Abutting 13 Bond Road, On Dolphin Drive Dolphin Drive Parkwood Gillingham Medway
Received 9 Jul 2025234 Lower Rainham Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME7 2YA
Received 9 Jul 2025Aburound House Woodlands Road Gillingham Medway ME7 2DT
Received 9 Jul 202514 Thurston Drive Strood Rochester Medway ME2 2LY
Received 9 Jul 202549 Priestfield Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4RE
Received 9 Jul 2025179 Bredhurst Road Wigmore Gillingham Medway ME8 0QU
Received 9 Jul 2025321 Dale Street Chatham Medway ME4 6QR
Received 9 Jul 202512 Wyles Street Gillingham Medway ME7 1ND
Received 9 Jul 202520 Haig Avenue Gillingham Medway ME7 2JJ
Received 9 Jul 2025Land At Town Road Town Road Cliffe Woods Rochester
Received 9 Jul 2025Highway Verge On Deanwood Drive (rear Of 7-16 Sedley Close) Parkwood Medway ME8 9QY
Received 9 Jul 2025Land Adjacent To 15 Wildman Close Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9SL
Received 9 Jul 202533 Grain Road Wigmore Gillingham Medway ME8 0NB
Received 10 Jul 2025Court Lodge Farm The Street Stoke Rochester Medway ME3 9RT
Received 10 Jul 2025Allhallows Holiday Park Allhallows Rochester Medway ME3 9QD
Received 10 Jul 20256 Hanover Drive Wigmore Gillingham Medway ME8 0RF
Received 10 Jul 2025Wybournes Farm Wybournes Lane High Halstow Rochester Medway ME3 8SD
Received 10 Jul 202512 Bramley Close Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 8LW
Received 11 Jul 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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