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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.
8,383 approved · 1,251 refused · 644 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 May 2013 to 27 Sept 2027. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Wybournes Cottages Wybournes Lane High Halstow Rochester Medway ME3 8SD
Received 16 Dec 2025M C L Ltd Grove Road Upper Halling Rochester Medway ME2 1HZ
Received 16 Dec 202577 College Avenue Gillingham Medway ME7 5HX
Received 17 Dec 2025Allhallows Holiday Park Allhallows Rochester Medway ME3 9QD
Received 17 Dec 202543 Warden Road Rochester Medway ME1 2JJ
Received 17 Dec 2025Land To The East Of Seymour Road And North Of London Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 6YX
Received 17 Dec 2025217 Canterbury Street Gillingham Medway ME7 5XB
Received 17 Dec 202582 Windmill Road Gillingham Medway ME7 5NX
Received 18 Dec 2025Land At 11 Pilgrims Way Cuxton Rochester Medway ME2 1LQ
Received 17 Dec 202516 Watts Avenue Rochester Medway ME1 1RX
Received 18 Dec 2025Brompton Barracks Dock Road Chatham Medway ME4 4UG
Received 18 Dec 2025Land At East Hill Chatham Kent
Received 18 Dec 2025Land Off Lower Rainham Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7FL
Received 18 Dec 2025218 King George Road Weeds Wood Chatham Medway ME5 0PH
Received 18 Dec 2025Land At College Road Historic Dockyard Chatham Medway ME4 4TY
Received 18 Dec 2025Plot 1 326 Hempstead Road Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3QJ
Received 18 Dec 202516 Parkfield Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7SY
Received 19 Dec 2025Land South Of Buckland Road Cliffe Woods Rochester Medway
Received 19 Dec 2025Land South Of Buckland Road Cliffe Woods Rochester Medway
Received 19 Dec 2025Phase 4 And 5 Rochester Riverside Rochester ME1 1NH
Received 19 Dec 2025Phase 4 And 5 Rochester Riverside Rochester ME1 1NH
Received 19 Dec 2025Phase 4 And 5 Rochester Riverside Rochester ME1 1NH
Received 19 Dec 2025Phase 4 And 5 Rochester Riverside Rochester ME1 1NH
Received 19 Dec 2025Land South Of Berwick Way, East Of Frindsbury Hill And North And West Of Parsonage Lane (known As Manor Farm) Frindsbury Rochester Medway
Received 19 Dec 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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