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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
7,082 approved · 1,835 refused · 929 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 May 2013 to 27 Sept 2027. Most recent record check: 24 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
McDonalds Godden Way Gillingham ME8 6AD
Received 18 Apr 2017McDonalds Anthonys Way Medway City Estate Rochester ME2 4DW
Received 18 Apr 20174 Hook Close Horsted Chatham ME5 9TP
Received 13 Apr 2017BP Oil UK Ltd Aviation Fuel Terminal
Received 13 Apr 201738 Knights Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester ME3 9DS
Received 18 Apr 2017104A B And C Poplar Road Strood Rochester ME2 2NS
Received 18 Apr 20172 Lendrim Close Brompton Gillingham ME7 5RG
Received 13 Apr 201741 Carlton Crescent Lordswood Chatham ME5 7PJ
Received 13 Apr 2017GPS Marine House Upnor Road Upnor Rochester ME2 4UY
Received 13 Apr 201726 Buxton Close Lordswood Chatham ME5 8UP
Received 12 Apr 2017Plot 4 London Commercial Park Hoo St Werburgh ME3 9ND
Received 13 Apr 201742 Pump Lane Rainham Gillingham ME8 7AD
Received 13 Apr 2017Alma House Cooling Street Cooling Rochester ME3 8DB
Received 13 Apr 201718 Zetland Avenue Darland Gillingham ME7 3AE
Received 12 Apr 201726 Hawkenbury Rise Strood Rochester ME2 3SG
Received 13 Apr 2017Land At Rear Of 52 Dagmar Road Luton Chatham ME4 5HB
Received 13 Apr 201721 Silverweed Road Weeds Wood Chatham ME5 0QU
Received 12 Apr 201750 Nelson Road Gillingham ME7 4LJ
Received 12 Apr 2017CLH Stoke Grain Road Near Lower Stoke Rochester Kent
Received 12 Apr 2017Premier Inn Medway Valley Retail Park Chariot Way Strood ME2 2SS
Received 12 Apr 2017217 City Way Rochester ME1 2TL
Received 11 Apr 201727 Montrose Avenue Darland Chatham ME5 7HU
Received 11 Apr 201718 Brindle Way Lordswood Chatham ME5 8UA
Received 11 Apr 201713 Elmhurst Gardens Chatham ME4 6UL
Received 11 Apr 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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