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
5,101 approved · 3,231 refused · 1,216 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 May 2009 to 27 Sept 2027. Most recent record check: 2 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
30 Pattens Lane Rochester ME1 2QT
Received 10 Mar 20157 Frinsted Close Twydall Gillingham ME8 6YQ
Received 10 Mar 201514 Steerforth Close Rochester ME1 2JD
Received 7 Apr 201535 Zetland Avenue Darland Gillingham ME7 3AE
Received 7 Apr 2015Phase 1 Land To The West Of Eastern By-Pass A228/A289 (Northern Side Of Hoo Road) Wainscott Rochester Kent
Received 7 Apr 201579 Fairview Avenue Wigmore Gillingham ME8 0QP
Received 7 Apr 2015120 Mierscourt Road Rainham Gillingham ME8 8JN
Received 31 Mar 2015The Crispin And Crispianus 8 London Road Strood Rochester ME2 3HT
Received 31 Mar 2015215 Canterbury Street Gillingham ME7 5XB
Received 27 Mar 2015Rochester Old Bridge Rochester Kent ME1 1QE
Received 27 Mar 2015Heathcliff Cottage Well Penn Road Cliffe Rochester ME3 7SD
Received 27 Mar 201559 The Shades Strood Rochester ME2 2UB
Received 26 Mar 201541 Vicarage Road Halling Rochester ME2 1BG
Received 24 Mar 2015129-131 High Street Strood Rochester ME2 4TW
Received 26 Mar 201573 Long Catlis Road Parkwood Gillingham ME8 9QD
Received 26 Mar 2015Rear Of Sandacres Upnor Road Lower Upnor Kent ME2 4PE
Received 13 Mar 201565 Ten Acre Way Rainham Gillingham ME8 8TJ
Received 16 Mar 201529 Sandringham Road Parkwood Gillingham ME8 8RP
Received 16 Mar 2015Ridge Cottage Lower Rochester Road Wainscott Rochester ME3 8EW
Received 11 Mar 2015St Simon Of England RC Church Bleakwood Road Walderslade Chatham
Received 11 Mar 201572 Courtfield Avenue Lordswood Chatham ME5 8QP
Received 11 Mar 2015Pendle 59 Watson Avenue Horsted Chatham ME5 9SJ
Received 11 Mar 201540 Dial Road Gillingham ME7 2RL
Received 10 Mar 201511 Leeward Road Rochester ME1 2NE
Received 6 Mar 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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