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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.
8,026 approved · 1,286 refused · 656 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 May 2013 to 27 Sept 2027. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
28 Gerrard Avenue Rochester Medway ME1 2RN
Received 31 Mar 202611 Broadwood Road Chattenden Rochester Medway ME3 8LX
Received 31 Mar 2026100 Solomons Road Chatham Medway ME4 4AJ
Received 31 Mar 202691 Jersey Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3PD
Received 1 Apr 202642 Twydall Lane Twydall Gillingham Medway ME8 6JE
Received 1 Apr 20261 Esplanade And Senlac House And Gundulph Square Rochester Medway ME1 1QE
Received 1 Apr 202610 Priestfields Rochester Medway ME1 3AG
Received 1 Apr 20261 Blenheim Avenue Chatham Medway ME4 6UU
Received 1 Apr 202612 Cobb Close Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3TY
Received 1 Apr 2026The Old Farm House 4 Harrow Road Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3QA
Received 2 Apr 2026The Old Farm House 4 Harrow Road Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3QA
Received 2 Apr 20264 Westgate St Marys Island Chatham Medway ME4 3SG
Received 2 Apr 20261 Eastcourt Lane Twydall Gillingham Medway ME8 6EU
Received 2 Apr 202691 Watling Street Gillingham Medway ME7 2YX
Received 2 Apr 202691 Watling Street Gillingham Medway ME7 2YX
Received 2 Apr 2026Court Farm Pilgrims Road Upper Halling Rochester Medway ME2 1HR
Received 2 Apr 20267 Sandycroft Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3RX
Received 2 Apr 2026145 Featherby Road Gillingham Medway ME8 6BS
Received 2 Apr 2026Land North Of Moor Street Rainham Gillingham Medway
Received 2 Apr 20263 Pine Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 2HX
Received 2 Apr 20268 Berengrave Lane Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7LS
Received 7 Apr 202615 Haig Avenue Rochester Medway ME1 2RZ
Received 7 Apr 20266 Lavenda Close Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3TB
Received 7 Apr 20268 Sholden Road Wainscott Rochester Medway ME2 4PR
Received 7 Apr 2026Records 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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