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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3,189 approved · 4,483 refused · 1,452 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
New Road School And Nursery Unit Bryant Street Chatham ME4 5QN
Received 2 May 2012Land Rear Of 43 And 44 Chalk Pit Hill Chatham ME4 5SU
Received 30 Apr 2012298 Wigmore Road Wigmore Gillingham ME8 0LY
Received 30 Apr 2012JCB Medway Ltd Bailey Drive Gillingham Business Park Gillingham ME8 0PZ
Received 1 May 2012Adjacent To 160 Wayfield Road Chatham
Received 30 Apr 201245 York Avenue Walderslade Chatham ME5 9ER
Received 27 Apr 2012264 Napier Road Gillingham ME7 4HL
Received 27 Apr 201243-45 Wainscott Road Wainscott Rochester ME2 4LA
Received 27 Apr 20125 Osprey Avenue Darland Gillingham ME7 3AD
Received 26 Apr 201247 Palmerston Road Chatham ME4 5SJ
Received 24 Apr 2012Walnut Tree Farm Lower Rainham Road Gillingham Kent ME7 2XT
Received 26 Apr 201211 Pennant Road Rochester ME1 2XS
Received 26 Apr 20122 Borstal Street Borstal Rochester ME1 3AH
Received 26 Apr 201266 (Thyme Out Sandwich Bar) High Street Gillingham ME7 1AY
Received 25 Apr 201236 Stuart Road Gillingham ME7 4AD
Received 24 Apr 201251 Rolvenden Road Wainscott Rochester ME2 4PF
Received 25 Apr 201237 London Road Rainham Gillingham ME8 7RG
Received 26 Apr 2012177 Ballens Road Lordswood Chatham ME5 8PG
Received 26 Apr 201245 Roberts Road Rainham Gillingham ME8 0AZ
Received 25 Apr 20126B Salisbury Avenue Rainham Gillingham ME8 0BH
Received 27 Apr 2012Abergeldie 25 Maidstone Road Chatham Kent
Received 24 Apr 201229 Leigh Road Wainscott Rochester ME3 8NU
Received 25 Apr 2012Medway Yacht Club Lower Upnor Rochester Kent ME2 4XB
Received 24 Apr 201224 Lambourn Way Lordswood Chatham ME5 8PU
Received 23 Apr 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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