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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
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Medway Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Medway website
7,083 approved · 1,616 refused · 838 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 May 2013 to 27 Sept 2027. Most recent record check: 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
173 High Street Halling Rochester ME2 1BT
Received 31 Aug 20172 Topley Drive High Halstow Rochester ME3 8BX
Received 31 Aug 201721 Harrison Drive High Halstow Rochester ME3 8TF
Received 1 Sept 2017143 Chestnut Avenue Walderslade Chatham ME5 9BH
Received 29 Aug 2017Land At Junction Of Hall Road And Moat Farm Road St Mary Hoo Rochester Kent ME3
Received 23 Aug 2017263 Barnsole Road Gillingham ME7 4JD
Received 30 Aug 201729 King George Road Weeds Wood Chatham ME5 0TX
Received 31 Aug 2017275 Lordswood Lane Lordswood Chatham ME5 8JU
Received 30 Aug 2017St Lukes Vicarage Sidney Road Gillingham ME7 1PA
Received 23 Aug 2017294-296 High Street Chatham ME4 4NR
Received 31 Aug 2017156 Wayfield Road Wayfield Chatham ME5 0HG
Received 30 Aug 2017Lower Upnor Depot Off Upnor Road Upnor ME2 4UP
Received 30 Aug 2017College Green The Precinct Rochester ME1 1SR
Received 30 Aug 2017College Green The Precinct Rochester ME1 1SR
Received 30 Aug 201722 Tyler Drive Parkwood Gillingham ME8 9LT
Received 29 Aug 2017Rochester Old Bridge Rochester Kent ME1 1QE.
Received 29 Aug 2017696 Maidstone Road Rainham Gillingham ME8 0LJ
Received 30 Aug 2017150 Sturdee Avenue Gillingham ME7 2HL
Received 29 Aug 201787 Dargets Road Walderslade Chatham ME5 8BS
Received 29 Aug 201725 Louisville Avenue Gillingham ME7 4EJ
Received 29 Aug 2017Rochester Old Bridge Rochester Kent ME1 1QE.
Received 29 Aug 201727 Bentley Close Lordswood Chatham ME5 8UH
Received 29 Aug 2017Riverside Primary School St Edmunds Way Rainham Gillingham ME8 8ET
Received 29 Aug 2017Rochester Old Bridge Rochester Kent ME1 1QE.
Received 29 Aug 2017Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart 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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