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Medway planning applications
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Medway Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Medway website
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates21,528Searchable applications
0Recorded as pending
78%Approval rate · 8,996 approved or refused records
1,936Refused applications
7,060 approved · 1,936 refused · 964 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 May 2013 to 27 Sept 2027. Most recent record check: 25 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information PlanningLocal plan Planning policyPre-application advice Pre-application adviceConservation areas Conservation areas and listed buildingsArticle 4 directions Article 4 Directions
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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Conservation areas24 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas47 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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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.
More application records
- Not publishedMC/16/3890
Change of use of school playing field land to residential garden land for number 93 Sidney Road
Land Adj To 93 Sidney Road Borstal Rochester ME1 3HQ
Received 19 Sept 2016 - Not publishedMC/16/3889
Construction of a rail loading facility
BP Oil UK Ltd Aviation Fuel Terminal Site Isle Of Grain
Received 16 Sept 2016 - Not publishedMC/16/3886
Conversion of existing church to six 1-bedroomed flats with associated refuse and cycle storage
395 High Street Chatham ME4 4PQ
Received 19 Sept 2016 - Not publishedMC/16/3884
Details pursuant of condition 3 and 7 (Part C) on planning permission MC/16/1173 for the Construction of a detached dwelling house with associated access and parking.
153 Maidstone Road Chatham ME4 6JE
Received 19 Sept 2016 - Not publishedMC/16/3873
Retrospective application for installation of new entrance gate and brick piers
Cedars Hotel 38 London Road Strood Rochester ME2 3HS
Received 16 Sept 2016 - Not publishedMC/16/3872
Lawful Development Certificate for a hip to gable conversion together with roof lights to front and rear
40 Castlemaine Avenue Gillingham ME7 2QE
Received 16 Sept 2016 - Not publishedMC/16/3871
Construction of a single storey extension with roof lights together with single storey detached building to rear
40 Castlemaine Avenue Gillingham ME7 2QE
Received 16 Sept 2016 - Not publishedMC/16/3862
Formation of a gable end together with construction of a dormer window front and rear and installation of a first floor window to side to provide additional living accommodation within roof space
14 Station Road Cuxton Rochester ME2 1AB
Received 16 Sept 2016 - Not publishedMC/16/3860
Construction of single storey rear extension
16 Monarch Close Princes Park Chatham ME5 7PD
Received 16 Sept 2016 - Not publishedMC/16/3859
An application for a Lawful Development Certificate (proposed) partial conversion of existing garage to kitchen
52 Low Meadow Halling Rochester ME2 1LX
Received 15 Sept 2016 - Not publishedMC/16/3858
Neighbourhood consultation application for the construction of a single storey rear extension. The details submitted are as follows:The extension will extend beyond the rear wall by 4.50mThe maximum height of the proposed extension from the natural ground level is 3.30mThe height at eaves level of the proposed extension measured from the natural ground level is 2.800m
7 Bythorne Court Rainham Gillingham ME8 8TN
Received 14 Sept 2016 - Not publishedMC/16/3855
Replacement and raising of roof height to facilitate first floor living accommodation with three linked dormer windows to front, roof lights to both sides and juliet balcony to rear; construction of a single storey extension to rear; partial pitched roof to existing garage and alterations to existing hardstanding and vehicular crossover
110 Woodside Rainham Gillingham ME8 0PW
Received 15 Sept 2016 - Not publishedMC/16/3854
Construction of single storey extension to rear to provide WC and extended kitchen - demolition of existing lean to
121 Church Street Cliffe Rochester ME3 7PY
Received 15 Sept 2016 - Not publishedMC/16/3853
Advertisement consent for installation of 1 illuminated fascia logo only sign, 7 externally illuminated fascia signs, 1 non-illuminated fascia sign, 2 internally illuminated logo signs, 5 non-illuminated aluminium panels, 7 non-illuminated wall mounted aluminium panels and 2 internally illuminated totems
Co-Operative Store Anthonys Way Medway City Estate Rochester
Received 15 Sept 2016 - Not publishedMC/16/3852
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate (proposed) for construction of a dormer window to rear and installation of roof lights to front to provide additional living accommodation within roof space
27 Belmont Road Gillingham ME7 5JB
Received 14 Sept 2016 - Not publishedTPA/16/3851
T1, T2, T3, Ash trees - 20% Crown Thinning and a 20ft (6m) Crown LiftT4 - Ash, T5 Hornbeam - To be pruned back to the boundary of 50 Cambridge Road.
50/52 Cambridge Road Rainham Gillingham ME8 0JH
Received 15 Sept 2016 - Not publishedMC/16/3850
Construction of terrace houses comprising of 9 x four bedroom dwellings with associated parking
Formerly 124 Pier Road Gillingham ME7 1UD
Received 14 Sept 2016 - Not publishedMC/16/3847
Neighbourhood consultation application for the construction of a single storey rear extension. The details submitted are as follows:The extension will extend beyond the rear wall by 4mThe maximum height of the proposed extension from the natural ground level is 3.165mThe height at eaves level of the proposed extension measured from the natural ground level is 2.239m
1 Grenic Mews Lower Rainham Road Rainham Gillingham ME7 2YD
Received 14 Sept 2016 - Not publishedMC/16/3844
Construction of a single storey rear extension (demolition of existing rear projection)
42 Milburn Road Gillingham ME7 1PQ
Received 14 Sept 2016 - Not publishedMC/16/3843
Construction of single storey side extension
57 Aintree Road Lordswood Chatham ME5 8PQ
Received 14 Sept 2016 - Not publishedMC/16/3842
Construction of a detached two bedroom bungalow incorporating an existing garage
Rear Of Allington Station Road Rainham Gillingham ME8 7UF
Received 14 Sept 2016 - Not publishedMC/16/3840
Construction of a single storey rear and side extension
195 Cliffe Road Strood Rochester ME2 3DN
Received 14 Sept 2016 - Not publishedMC/16/3839
Construction of a hardstanding and vehicle crossover to front
401 Maidstone Road Rochester ME1 3PQ
Received 14 Sept 2016 - Not publishedMC/16/3838
Change of use from residential (Class C3) to Office (Class B1)
Flat 1 Matts Hill Farm Matts Hill Lane Rainham Gillingham ME9 7UY
Received 14 Sept 2016
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What these statistics cover
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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