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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7,083 approved · 1,650 refused · 856 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 May 2013 to 27 Sept 2027. Most recent record check: 23 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
The Beacon Court Tavern 1 Copenhagen Road Gillingham ME7 4RY
Received 3 Aug 2017Redvers Centre Glencoe Road Chatham ME4 5QD
Received 3 Aug 201720 Collet Walk Parkwood Gillingham ME8 9QL
Received 3 Aug 20172 Tennyson Avenue Cliffe Woods Rochester ME3 8JF
Received 2 Aug 2017Court Lodge Farm The Street Stoke Rochester ME3 9RT
Received 3 Aug 2017208-214 Windmill Road Gillingham ME7 5PE
Received 2 Aug 2017208-214 Windmill Road Gillingham ME7 5PE
Received 2 Aug 20177 Leyton Avenue Darland Gillingham ME7 3DA
Received 2 Aug 20176 Hunters Way Darland Gillingham ME7 3BA
Received 2 Aug 2017Land Adjacent To Roads And Car Parking Areas At Clavell Close Parkwood Gillingham ME8 9NB
Received 2 Aug 201774 Trevale Road Rochester ME1 3PA
Received 3 Aug 2017Alexandra Hotel 43 Railway Street Chatham ME4 4RJ
Received 2 Aug 2017Paydens 134-136 Delce Road Rochester ME1 2DT
Received 2 Aug 2017Land Rear Of 43 And 44 Chalk Pit Hill Chatham ME4 5SU
Received 3 Aug 20173 Sunnyfields Close Rainham Gillingham ME8 9HW
Received 2 Aug 2017302D-304 Canterbury Street Gillingham ME7 5JP
Received 2 Aug 2017Sports Pavilion Chatham Garrison Sports Ground Sally Port Gardens Brompton Gillingham ME7 5BT
Received 1 Aug 20173-4 Leake House The Fairway Rochester ME1 2LY
Received 2 Aug 201714 Station Road Cuxton Rochester ME2 1AB
Received 2 Aug 20175 Shirley Avenue Horsted Chatham ME5 9UP
Received 2 Aug 201750 Barncroft Drive Hempstead Gillingham ME7 3TJ
Received 1 Aug 201710 Nags Head Lane Rochester ME1 1BB
Received 1 Aug 201794-96 Duncan Road Gillingham Kent
Received 1 Aug 2017183 Maidstone Road Chatham ME4 6JG
Received 1 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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