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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.
7,094 approved · 1,368 refused · 684 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 May 2013 to 27 Sept 2027. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
31 - 35 Balmoral Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4QB
Received 17 Jun 20269 Albany Terrace Chatham Medway ME4 6TH
Received 17 Jun 20261 Esplanade And Senlac House Rochester Medway ME1 1QE
Received 18 Jun 2026161 Maidstone Road Rochester Medway ME1 1SF
Received 18 Jun 2026117 Marshall Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0AL
Received 18 Jun 20267 Leybourne Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3QF
Received 18 Jun 202654 Main Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9AB
Received 18 Jun 20262 Court Bushes King George Road Weeds Wood Chatham Medway ME5 0AZ
Received 18 Jun 202633 Reedham Crescent Cliffe Woods Rochester Medway ME3 8HT
Received 18 Jun 20262 Chapel Lane Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3TD
Received 18 Jun 2026Court Lodge Lower Rochester Road Wainscott Rochester Medway ME3 8EH
Received 18 Jun 2026Ridgeway 11 Park Avenue Gillingham Medway ME7 4AS
Received 18 Jun 20261 Esplanade Rochester Medway ME1 1QE
Received 19 Jun 2026Land At 1-3 Connaught Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4QD
Received 19 Jun 2026Land At 1-3 Connaught Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4QD
Received 19 Jun 2026Land To The Front, Sides And Rear Of 260 - 262 Nelson Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4NA
Received 19 Jun 2026The Star Hotel Watling Street Gillingham Medway ME7 2AA
Received 19 Jun 202685 High Street Gillingham Medway ME7 1BL
Received 19 Jun 20261 Esplanade Rochester Medway ME1 1QE
Received 19 Jun 202627 Frindsbury Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 4TD
Received 19 Jun 2026Land South Of Lower Rainham Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7UD
Received 19 Jun 202623 Arthur Road Rochester Medway ME1 2AS
Received 20 Jun 202676 Darland Avenue Darland Gillingham Medway ME7 3AP
Received 21 Jun 2026178 Magpie Hall Road Chatham Medway ME4 5XH
Received 21 Jun 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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