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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4,589 approved · 3,632 refused · 1,297 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Nov 2007 to 27 Sept 2027. Most recent record check: 6 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ravelin Building Royal Engineers Museum Prince Arthur Road Brompton Gillingham Chatham ME4 4UG
Received 7 Feb 2014130 Sunnymead Avenue Gillingham ME7 2EB
Received 7 Feb 2014The Mast House & Mould Loft Wheelwrights Building And Covered Slip No. 5 Chatham Historic Dockyard Chatham Kent
Received 4 Feb 2014Land Adjacent 5 Montgomery Avenue Chatham Kent ME8 0HA
Received 4 Feb 20143 Stoke Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester ME3 9BE
Received 4 Feb 2014Coach House Court Lodge Farm The Street Upper Stoke Rochester ME3 9RT
Received 4 Feb 201470 Station Road Rainham Gillingham ME8 7PH
Received 4 Feb 2014The Ropemakers Arms 70 New Road Chatham ME4 4QR
Received 5 Feb 2014Unit 2 Whitewall Road Medway City Estate ME2 4EW
Received 6 Feb 2014241 Cliffe Road Strood Rochester ME2 3NJ
Received 6 Feb 20146 Willowbank Drive High Halstow Rochester ME3 8TW
Received 4 Feb 201427 Hone Street Strood Rochester ME2 3AF
Received 5 Feb 201473 High Street Rainham Gillingham ME8 7HS
Received 5 Feb 20148 Bettescombe Road Rainham Gillingham ME8 9AU
Received 4 Feb 20148 Denbigh Avenue Rainham Gillingham ME8 7HA
Received 4 Feb 2014Timber Barn West Street Cliffe Rochesterkent ME3 7TG
Received 31 Jan 2014Land On The North Side Of Cross Street And Rear Of 77-87 James Street Gillingham Kent
Received 31 Jan 2014Gibraltar Farm Ham Lane Hempstead Gillingham Kent
Received 3 Feb 2014Alley To Rear Of 82-88 Vale Drive Horsted Chatham ME5 9XA
Received 3 Feb 2014Courtsole Barn Courtsole Farm Pond Hill Cliffe Rochester ME3 7QS
Received 31 Jan 20145 St Albans Road Strood Rochester ME2 2RT
Received 3 Feb 2014Rochester Old Bridge Rochester Kent ME1 1QE
Received 31 Jan 2014Rochester Old Bridge Rochester Kent ME1 1QE
Received 3 Feb 2014Brasenose Club 168-170 Nelson Road Gillingham ME7 4LU
Received 29 Jan 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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