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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
4,589 approved · 3,592 refused · 1,289 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Nov 2007 to 27 Sept 2027. Most recent record check: 5 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Medcare House/Land Off Bailey Drive Gillingham Business Park Gillingham Kent
Received 28 Mar 2014Land South Of Strand Leisure Complex Car Park Approach Road The Strand Gillingham Kent ME7 1TT
Received 2 Apr 2014Barnsole Junior School Barnsole Road Gillingham ME7 2JG
Received 3 Apr 2014University Of Greenwich At Medway Central Avenue Chatham Maritime Gillingham
Received 8 Apr 2014University Of Greenwich At Medway Central Avenue Chatham Maritime Gillingham Chatham ME4 4AW
Received 1 Apr 201457 Cranmere Court Strood Rochester ME2 4UN
Received 2 Apr 2014292 City Way Rochester ME1 2BL
Received 1 Apr 2014Bishop Of Rochester Academy Magpie Hall Road Chatham Kent ME4 5JB
Received 31 Mar 2014Proposed Chatham Free Primary School - New Horizons Primary School (Former Bishop Of Rochester Academy West Campus/Chatham South School Site) Park Crescent Chatham Kent ME4 6NT
Received 2 Apr 2014Rear Of 66 Canterbury Street Gillingham ME7 5UF
Received 2 Apr 2014Ladds Meadow Meadow Crescent Upper Halling Rochester ME2 1JJ
Received 2 Apr 2014268 High Street Chatham Kent ME4 4BP
Received 31 Mar 20142 Chamberlain Court Wigmore Road Gillingham ME8 0SY
Received 2 Apr 2014251 Napier Road Gillingham ME7 4LY
Received 26 Mar 201496-100 Watling Street Gillingham ME7 2YS
Received 1 Apr 2014319 Lower Rainham Road Rainham Gillingham ME7 2XH
Received 1 Apr 2014Lennox Wood Petham Green Twydall Gillingham ME8 6SZ
Received 31 Mar 201476 Patrixbourne Avenue Twydall Gillingham ME8 6TY
Received 1 Apr 201453 St Williams Way Rochester ME1 2NY
Received 28 Mar 20146 Military Road Chatham ME4 4JA
Received 1 Apr 2014177 Bells Lane Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Kent ME3 9JA
Received 1 Apr 2014Land Adjoining Four Seasons 10A Matts Hill Road Hartlip Sittingbourne Kent ME9 7XA
Received 1 Apr 201440 Gardiner Street Gillingham ME7 1DW
Received 28 Mar 201440 Wilson Avenue Rochester ME1 2RL
Received 28 Mar 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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