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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7,094 approved · 1,386 refused · 707 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land To The East And West Of Church Street Cliffe Rochester
Received 3 Aug 2026Land At Holborough Quarry, Snodland (To The North And South Of Ladds Lane And Off The Western Arm Of Peter's Bridge Roundabout, West Of A228)
Received 3 Aug 2026Land At Holborough Quarry, Snodland (To The North And South Of Ladds Lane And Off The Western Arm Of Peter's Bridge Roundabout, West Of A228)
Received 3 Aug 2026Former Kingsnorth Power Station Eschol Road Hoo St Werburgh ME3 9NJ
Received 4 Aug 2026Pump And Bloors Farm, Lower Rainham ME8 7AT
Received 4 Aug 202648 Green Street Gillingham Medway ME7 1XA
Received 4 Aug 202697 Eastcourt Lane Twydall Gillingham Medway ME8 6HJ
Received 4 Aug 202625 Cooling Road High Halstow Rochester Medway ME3 8SA
Received 4 Aug 2026387 Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME5 9SE
Received 5 Aug 2026Land To The Rear Of Berengrave Lane Rainham ME8 7FG
Received 5 Aug 2026Thamesport Interchange Limited Land Grain Road Isle Of Grain Rochester ME3 0AB
Received 5 Aug 2026Aburound House Woodlands Road Gillingham Medway ME7 2DT
Received 5 Aug 2026Land South Of Ham Lane Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3JJ
Received 5 Aug 2026Holcombe Grammar School 103 Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME4 6JB
Received 5 Aug 2026The Bungalow Upper Bush Road Cuxton Rochester Medway ME2 1HQ
Received 6 Aug 2026Land To The West Of 1 York Farm Yard Lower Twydall Lane Twydall Gillingham Medway ME7 2UX
Received 6 Aug 2026158 - 160 High Street The Britannia Gillingham Medway ME7 1AJ
Received 6 Aug 2026Land At 11 Pilgrims Way Cuxton Rochester Medway ME2 1LQ
Received 6 Aug 2026Casino Cabaret Rooms Blue Boar Lane Rochester Medway ME1 1PD
Received 7 Aug 2026Wallend Substation Medway Power Station Grain Road Isle Of Grain Rochester Kent
Received 7 Aug 202666 Priestfields Rochester Medway ME1 3AB
Received 7 Aug 2026Church Hall Church Green Strood Rochester Medway ME2 4HE
Received 7 Aug 20266 Station Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7PH
Received 7 Aug 2026130 Cooling Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 4RT
Received 7 Aug 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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