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
5,437 approved · 2,927 refused · 1,156 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Marston Close Walderslade Chatham ME5 9BY
Received 24 Aug 2015The Ship And Trades Hotel Maritime Way Chatham Maritime Gillingham Chatham ME4 3ER
Received 1 Sept 201521 New Road Rochester ME1 1BG
Received 27 Aug 2015Elmhaven Marina Rochester Road Halling Rochester ME2 1AQ
Received 2 Sept 2015Aldi Store 70 Duncan Road Gillingham ME7 4JS
Received 1 Sept 2015Flanders Farm Ratcliffe Highway Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 8QE
Received 1 Sept 20151 Victoria Road Walderslade Chatham ME5 9EL
Received 1 Sept 2015111 Marshall Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0AL
Received 1 Sept 201566 Butler's Park Way Strood Rochester ME2 2GN
Received 1 Sept 2015The Ship And Trades Hotel Maritime Way Chatham Maritime Chatham Kent ME4 3ER
Received 1 Sept 2015Land Adjacent To 62 Sir Evelyn Road Rochester Kent
Received 28 Aug 201525 Parkwood Green Shopping Centre Parkwood Gillingham ME8 9PW
Received 28 Aug 20153 Aintree Road Lordswood Chatham ME5 8PY
Received 28 Aug 201549 Yantlet Drive Strood Rochester ME2 2TH
Received 1 Sept 201549 Yantlet Drive Strood Rochester ME2 2TH
Received 1 Sept 201524 Ruth Street Luton Chatham ME4 5NU
Received 28 Aug 20154 Sandra Court High Street Lower Stoke Rochester ME3 9RA
Received 8 Sept 20151 Mount Pleasant Bradley Road Upper Halling Rochester ME2 1HY
Received 28 Aug 201533 Rushdean Road Strood Rochester ME2 2PA
Received 28 Aug 201519 Leybourne Road Strood Rochester ME2 3QF
Received 26 Aug 201518 Bredhurst Road Wigmore Gillingham ME8 0PF
Received 27 Aug 2015Aldi Store 70 Duncan Road Gillingham ME7 4JS
Received 27 Aug 2015233 High Street Rochester ME1 1HQ
Received 3 Sept 201511 Winchester Way Rainham Gillingham ME8 8DD
Received 26 Aug 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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