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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7,094 approved · 1,415 refused · 727 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Doctors Surgery 7 Railway Street Gillingham Medway ME7 1XG
Received 2 Oct 2026Land To East Of Woodlands Cemetery Cornwallis Avenue Gillingham Medway ME7 2DL
Received 2 Oct 2026Thamesport Interchange Limited Land Grain Road Isle Of Grain Rochester Medway ME3 0AY
Received 2 Oct 2026Former University College For The Creative Arts Fort Pitt Hill Chatham Medway ME1 1DZ
Received 2 Oct 2026105 Roosevelt Avenue Wayfield Chatham Medway ME5 0HS
Received 2 Oct 2026Former University College For The Creative Arts Fort Pitt Hill Chatham Medway ME1 1DZ
Received 2 Oct 2026Land West Of Grain Road And South Of West Lane Medway Power Station Grain Road Isle Of Grain Rochester Kent
Received 5 Oct 20267 The Chimneys Halling Rochester Medway ME2 1FX
Received 5 Oct 202669 Eastcourt Lane Twydall Gillingham Medway ME8 6HG
Received 5 Oct 2026Land Adjacent To Thorpe Walk Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9QT
Received 5 Oct 20268 Marquis Drive Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3DR
Received 5 Oct 2026Brompton Barracks Dock Road Chatham Medway ME4 4UG
Received 5 Oct 2026Fomer St John Fisher School 79 Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME4 6DP
Received 6 Oct 202619 Roper Close Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9QX
Received 6 Oct 2026Land West Of Station Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7QZ
Received 6 Oct 2026Gibraltar Farm Ham Lane Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3JJ
Received 6 Oct 202616 - 18 London Road Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3HT
Received 6 Oct 202612 James Street Rochester Medway ME1 2BY
Received 7 Oct 2026Land At Chatham Docks Industrial Estate South Side Three Road Chatham Medway ME4 4SH
Received 7 Oct 202636 Wheatfields Lordswood Chatham Medway ME5 8HW
Received 7 Oct 2026Medway Transmission Rope Walk Chatham Medway ME4 4YT
Received 7 Oct 2026Land To The Rear Of 30-38 Iden Road Wainscott Rochester Medway
Received 8 Oct 2026Kingsnorth Power Station Power Station Access Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9NQ
Received 8 Oct 20262 Napier Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4HB
Received 8 Oct 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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