Understanding planning · 13 min read
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
5,492 approved · 2,731 refused · 1,136 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Apr 2010 to 27 Sept 2027. Most recent record check: 31 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Haig Avenue Rochester ME1 2RZ
Received 16 Nov 201560 Hunters Way Darland Gillingham ME7 3BS
Received 13 Nov 2015Damhead Creek Power Station Kingsnorth Industrial Estate Hoo Rochester Kent ME3 9TX
Received 16 Nov 201518 Manor Road Chatham ME4 6AG
Received 12 Nov 2015Horsted Park (Phase 2) Former Mid Kent College Site Maidstone Road Chatham Kent ME1 2XQ
Received 16 Nov 2015Colonial House Quayside Chatham Maritime Chatham ME4 4YY
Received 12 Nov 2015Site Adj To 2-14 Davey Court The Terrace No.20 And Rear Of 2-20 Victoria Street 2-8 Star Hill And 186-196 High Street Rochester
Received 13 Nov 2015196 Eastcourt Lane Twydall Gillingham ME8 6HL
Received 16 Nov 2015The Medway Building University Of Kent Chatham Maritime Kent
Received 10 Nov 2015Brompton Barracks Dock Road Chatham ME4 4UG
Received 11 Nov 201519 Wollaston Close Parkwood Gillingham ME8 9SH
Received 10 Nov 2015101 Ballens Road Lordswood Chatham ME5 8PD
Received 9 Nov 2015Former Service Station Railway Street Gillingham ME7 1XJ
Received 13 Nov 201557 Maidstone Road Rochester ME1 1RL
Received 12 Nov 201558 Parkfield Road Rainham Gillingham ME8 7SZ
Received 13 Nov 20153 Sedley Close Cliffe Woods Rochester Kent ME3 8HE
Received 10 Nov 2015Hillside 43 Hempstead Road Hempstead Gillingham ME7 3RF
Received 11 Nov 201530 Benenden Road Wainscott Rochester ME2 4NX
Received 11 Nov 201530 Benenden Road Wainscott Rochester ME2 4NX
Received 11 Nov 201524A London Road Strood Rochester ME2 3HU
Received 12 Nov 2015Colonial House Quayside Chatham Maritime Gillingham Chatham ME4 4YY
Received 12 Nov 201538 Canadian Avenue Gillingham ME7 2DW
Received 11 Nov 20153 Mount Road Borstal Rochester ME1 3NG
Received 11 Nov 201520 First Avenue Gillingham ME7 2LG
Received 11 Nov 2015Records 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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