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.
8,320 approved · 1,223 refused · 633 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
103 And 103A Ordnance Street Chatham Medway ME4 6SF
Received 1 Oct 202524 Brenchley Close Rochester Medway ME1 2QL
Received 1 Oct 2025Land South Of Berwick Way, East Of Frindsbury Hill And North And West Of Parsonage Lane (known As Manor Farm) Frindsbury Rochester Medway
Received 1 Oct 2025Sir John Hawkins Hospital High Street Chatham Medway
Received 2 Oct 202583 Nelson Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4LR
Received 2 Oct 2025Land On The East Side Of Lordswood Lane Adjacent To North Dane Wood Chatham Kent
Received 2 Oct 202540 Begonia Avenue Twydall Gillingham Medway ME8 6YB
Received 2 Oct 20258 Dixwell Close Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9TB
Received 2 Oct 202554 Milburn Road Gillingham Medway ME7 1PQ
Received 2 Oct 20258 Salisbury Avenue Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0BH
Received 2 Oct 20254 Woodside Green Cliffe Woods Rochester Medway ME3 8JZ
Received 2 Oct 2025Land To The South Of Stoke Road Adjacent Yew Tree Lodge Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9BH
Received 2 Oct 2025233 Maidstone Road Rochester Medway ME1 3BU
Received 2 Oct 202572 Seymour Road Luton Chatham Medway ME5 7AE
Received 2 Oct 202536 Beechwood Avenue Darland Chatham Medway ME5 7HH
Received 3 Oct 2025112 Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME4 6DQ
Received 3 Oct 2025122 Charles Drive Cuxton Rochester Medway ME2 1DU
Received 3 Oct 202517 Steven Close Luton Chatham Medway ME4 5NG
Received 3 Oct 20256 Swain Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0SN
Received 3 Oct 20251 Landor Court Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3SP
Received 3 Oct 2025142 High Street Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 8AR
Received 4 Oct 2025Forge Cottage 214 Bush Road Cuxton Rochester Medway ME2 1HF
Received 6 Oct 20256 Lynette Avenue Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3NH
Received 6 Oct 2025128 Balmoral Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4QR
Received 5 Oct 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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