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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4,795 approved · 3,333 refused · 1,241 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
46 Sidney Road Borstal Rochester ME1 3HG
Received 15 Sept 201499 Carnation Road Strood Rochester ME2 2YF
Received 15 Sept 2014149 Sturdee Avenue Gillingham ME7 2HG
Received 16 Sept 2014Garage Site Adjacent To 44 Wall Close Hoo Rochester ME3 9LN
Received 16 Sept 201497 Ballens Road Lordswood Chatham ME5 8PD
Received 16 Sept 201472 Thornham Road Twydall Gillingham ME8 6RF
Received 15 Sept 201442 Station Road Rainham Gillingham ME8 7PH
Received 16 Sept 2014Land Adjacent 28 Cunningham Crescent Wayfield Chatham ME5 0ES
Received 16 Sept 2014358 Station Road Rainham Gillingham ME8 7QY
Received 12 Sept 20144 Holmoaks Rainham Gillingham ME8 7DF
Received 11 Sept 2014147 Fairview Avenue Wigmore Gillingham ME8 0QD
Received 15 Sept 201424 Savage Road Walderslade Chatham ME5 8DZ
Received 15 Sept 2014148 High Street Chatham ME4 4DB
Received 15 Sept 201417 Hook Close Horsted Chatham ME5 9TP
Received 15 Sept 2014Garage Site Rear Of 7 9 & 13 Charing Road (R/O 46 To 50 Lynsted Rd And 41 To 45 Goudhurst Rd) Gillingham Kent ME8 6LN
Received 15 Sept 20146 Hunters Way West Darland Chatham ME5 7HL
Received 12 Sept 2014181 Canterbury Street Gillingham ME7 5TU
Received 9 Sept 2014Bryn Avon Mortimers Avenue Cliffe Woods Rochester ME3 8JT
Received 12 Sept 201421 Low Meadow Halling Rochester ME2 1LX
Received 5 Sept 201451 Balmoral Road Gillingham ME7 4NT
Received 12 Sept 2014Land To Rear Of 1 Frindsbury Road (Fronting Wykeham Street) Strood Rochester ME2 4TA
Received 10 Sept 201451 Second Avenue Gillingham ME7 2HY
Received 10 Sept 201448 Duchess Of Kent Drive Walderslade Chatham ME5 8DD
Received 10 Sept 201446 Duchess Of Kent Drive Walderslade Chatham ME5 8DD
Received 10 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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