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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
4,795 approved · 3,326 refused · 1,241 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 Jul 2008 to 27 Sept 2027. Most recent record check: 3 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
44 Edwards Close Wigmore Gillingham ME8 0PB
Received 30 Sept 2014132 Borstal Road Rochester ME1 3BB
Received 1 Oct 20141 The Street High Halstow Rochester ME3 8SF
Received 1 Oct 2014Chatham Waterfront Pumping Station Globe Lane Chatham Kent ME4 4SL
Received 29 Sept 201433 St Margarets Drive Wigmore Gillingham ME8 0NR
Received 29 Sept 201410 Malvern Road Gillingham ME7 4BA
Received 26 Sept 201470 Constitution Road Chatham Kent
Received 26 Sept 2014Former Atc Headquarters Marlborough Road Gillingham ME7 5HB
Received 26 Sept 2014Rochester Airport Maidstone Road Chatham ME5 9SD
Received 30 Sept 2014Foot Path On Solomons Road Chatham Kent ME4 4AJ
Received 25 Sept 2014Dormers 3 Upper Luton Road Luton Chatham ME5 7BG
Received 29 Sept 20142 Sturdee Cottages Stoke Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester ME3 9LT
Received 30 Sept 2014University For The Creative Arts Fort Pitt Rochester ME1 1DZ
Received 29 Sept 2014Land To Rear Of 33 33A & 33B Cottall Avenue Chatham Kent ME4 6HG
Received 29 Sept 2014Eastcroft Farm Town Road Cliffe Woods Rochester Kent ME3 7RL
Received 25 Sept 20141 King Edward Road Rochester ME1 1UA
Received 24 Sept 201414 Broadview Avenue Rainham Gillingham ME8 9DB
Received 26 Sept 2014Former Atc Headquarters Marlborough Road Gillingham Kent ME7 5HB
Received 26 Sept 2014Unit 6 Ashdown House Walderslade Centre Walderslade Road Walderslade Chatham ME5 9LR
Received 24 Sept 2014Land At Chatham Docks Pier Road Gillingham Kent ME4 4SR
Received 22 Sept 2014346A High Street Chatham ME4 4NP
Received 25 Sept 2014280 St Margarets Banks Rochester ME1 1HT
Received 24 Sept 2014Grain Power Station Power Station Road Isle Of Grain Rochester ME3 0AR
Received 19 Sept 201449 Charter Street Gillingham ME7 1NQ
Received 25 Sept 2014Records 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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