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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
5,101 approved · 3,184 refused · 1,206 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 May 2009 to 27 Sept 2027. Most recent record check: 1 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Springvale Rainham Gillingham ME8 0JG
Received 27 Apr 201528 Harrison Drive High Halstow Rochester ME3 8TQ
Received 27 Apr 201543 Main Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester ME3 9AA
Received 27 Apr 20159 Chada Avenue Gillingham ME7 4BN
Received 23 Apr 201511 Willowherb Close St Marys Island Gillingham Chatham ME4 3HQ
Received 23 Apr 201529 Trubridge Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester ME3 9EN
Received 24 Apr 2015Newbold 71 Robin Hood Lane Walderslade Chatham ME5 9NP
Received 24 Apr 201535 Friston Way Rochester ME1 2UU
Received 24 Apr 2015277 Gillingham Road Gillingham ME7 4QX
Received 24 Apr 201517 Ferndown Close Hempstead Gillingham ME7 3SN
Received 24 Apr 201515 Iversgate Close Rainham Gillingham ME8 7PA
Received 24 Apr 2015124A Princes Avenue Walderslade Chatham ME5 8AJ
Received 23 Apr 20154 Wainscott Road Wainscott Rochester ME2 4LB
Received 24 Apr 201510 Lapwing Road Isle Of Grain Rochester ME3 0EB
Received 23 Apr 20151 Gills Cottages High Street Rochester ME1 1BY
Received 24 Apr 201527 Tern Crescent Strood Rochester ME2 2RG
Received 23 Apr 2015Cuxton Community Infant School Bush Road Cuxton Rochester ME2 1EY
Received 23 Apr 2015Land To Rear Of 722 Maidstone Road Wigmore Gillingham Kent ME8 0LL
Received 23 Apr 20154 St Margarets Street Rochester ME1 1TL
Received 22 Apr 201581 Church Green Strood Rochester Kent ME2 4HE
Received 22 Apr 20155 Gold Drive Wainscott Rochester Kent ME3 8FN
Received 22 Apr 201540 Wilson Avenue Rochester ME1 2RL
Received 23 Apr 201546 High Street Halling Rochester ME2 1BX
Received 23 Apr 201539 Love Lane Rochester ME1 1JD
Received 22 Apr 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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