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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
7,060 approved · 2,093 refused · 1,006 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Jun 2012 to 27 Sept 2027. Most recent record check: 28 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
30 Hoo Common Chattenden Rochester ME3 8LT
Received 8 Mar 2016Moyle Close Parkwood (Urn 16081)
Received 7 Mar 2016Victoria Gardens (Urn 1781)
Received 7 Mar 2016Garage Site To Rear Of 64 And 66 Robson Drive Hoo St Werburgh Rochester ME3 9EA
Received 8 Mar 2016Garages To Rear Of 2 Silverweed Road Weeds Wood Chatham ME5 0UD
Received 8 Mar 2016Garages To Rear Of 1-3 Lavender Close And Adjacent To 2F Mayweed Avenue Weeds Wood Chatham ME5 0PX
Received 8 Mar 2016Garages To The Rear Of 45-69 Albatross Avenue Strood Rochester ME2 2XP
Received 8 Mar 20161 Spencer Close Princes Park Chatham ME5 7RE
Received 7 Mar 2016Manor House Parsonage Lane Strood Rochester ME2 4UT
Received 4 Mar 2016Land Adjacent To Hastings Arms 18 Lower Rainham Road Rainham Kent ME7 2YD
Received 3 Mar 2016107 Richmond Road Gillingham ME7 1LX
Received 7 Mar 2016Land Adj 13 Thrale Way Parkwood Gillingham ME8 9LX
Received 4 Mar 2016Basement Flat 35 Cuxton Road Strood Rochester ME2 2BU
Received 7 Mar 201638 Queendown Avenue Parkwood Gillingham ME8 9NU
Received 7 Mar 201665 Broadview Avenue Rainham Gillingham ME8 9DE
Received 7 Mar 201613 Berengrave Lane Rainham Gillingham ME8 7LS
Received 4 Mar 2016Rest Haven Green Lane Isle Of Grain Rochester ME3 0BT
Received 4 Mar 20166B Luton Road Luton Chatham ME4 5AA
Received 4 Mar 201651 Maidstone Road Rochester ME1 1RL (Urn 174)
Received 3 Mar 2016Lister Haven Ladyclose Avenue Cliffe Woods Rochester ME3 8JL
Received 4 Mar 2016Land Between Roman Way And Knight Road East Of The Medway Valley Railway Line (Temple Waterfront) Strood Rochester Kent
Received 4 Mar 20162 Magdalen Close Hempstead Gillingham ME7 3TA
Received 3 Mar 20164 Dashmonden Close Wainscott Rochester ME2 4PB
Received 3 Mar 2016Stringers Barn Moor Street Rainham Gillingham ME8 8QG
Received 4 Mar 2016Records 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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