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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
3,189 approved · 4,475 refused · 1,452 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 May 2000 to 27 Sept 2027. Most recent record check: 10 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
94 Cuxton Road Strood Rochester ME2 2JA
Received 25 May 2012132 Maidstone Road Rainham Gillingham ME8 0DS
Received 16 May 201211 Port Close Walderslade Chatham ME5 8DU
Received 16 May 201231 Begonia Avenue Twydall Gillingham ME8 6YD
Received 15 May 2012Dudley Farm Matts Hill Road Bredhurst Gillingham Kent ME9 7XA
Received 15 May 20127 Montgomery Avenue Wayfield Chatham ME5 0HA
Received 15 May 2012Victory House Meeting House Lane Chatham ME4 4YU
Received 14 May 201220 Hollywood Lane Wainscott Rochester ME3 8AL
Received 14 May 20123 (Former Goldings Bakery) Rainham Shopping Centre Rainham Gillingham ME8 7HW
Received 14 May 20123 (Former Goldings Bakery) Rainham Shopping Centre Rainham Gillingham ME8 7HW
Received 15 May 2012All Faiths Childrens Community School Gun Lane Strood Rochester ME2 4UF
Received 14 May 2012129 Ballens Road Lordswood Chatham ME5 8PD
Received 11 May 201220 Harriet Drive Rochester ME1 1DY
Received 15 May 201278 Barnsole Road Gillingham ME7 4DX
Received 14 May 2012163 Knights Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester ME3 9BX
Received 10 May 2012Former Dairy Site 111/113 Nelson Road Gillingham ME7 4LT
Received 11 May 2012Land And Buildings White House Farm Stoke Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester ME3 9BH
Received 11 May 2012Former Earl Estate Community Centre Albatross Avenue Strood Rochester ME2 2XR
Received 11 May 2012273 Hempstead Road Hempstead Gillingham ME7 3QJ
Received 11 May 201274A Robin Hood Lane Walderslade Chatham ME5 9LD
Received 10 May 201266 Avery Way Allhallows Rochester ME3 9PZ
Received 9 May 2012Bradfields School Churchill Avenue Wayfield Chatham ME5 0LB
Received 9 May 201247 Fourwents Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester ME3 9JZ
Received 10 May 2012215 Lonsdale Drive Rainham Gillingham ME8 9JW
Received 10 May 2012Records 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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