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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4,589 approved · 3,758 refused · 1,318 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Medway Watersports Centre Strand Approach Road Gillingham ME7 1TT
Received 17 May 201343 Broadway Gillingham ME8 6BA
Received 17 May 201327 Jarrett Avenue Wainscott Rochester Kent ME2 4NN
Received 20 May 20132 Trevale Road Rochester ME1 3NZ
Received 20 May 2013Land At Bredgar Road Gillingham Kent ME8 6PL
Received 17 May 2013Former Police Station Cazeneuve Street Rochester ME1 1XT
Received 20 May 2013Bradfields School Churchill Avenue Wayfield Chatham ME5 0LB
Received 16 May 2013Brickhouse Farmhouse Stonehorse Lane Rochester Kent ME3 8DA
Received 17 May 2013Brickhouse Farmhouse Stonehorse Lane Rochester Kent ME3 8DA
Received 17 May 201330 Eastling Close Twydall Gillingham ME8 6XT
Received 16 May 201352 Whyman Avenue Chatham ME4 5TR
Received 17 May 20133-4 Leake House The Fairway Rochester ME1 2LY
Received 17 May 2013Mid Kent College Site Horsted Centre Maidstone Road Chatham ME5 9UQ
Received 16 May 201318 Charles Drive Cuxton Rochester ME2 1DP
Received 15 May 201323 Chestfield Close Rainham Gillingham ME8 7DR
Received 14 May 201312 New Road Avenue Chatham ME4 6BB
Received 15 May 201395 Bredhurst Road Wigmore Gillingham ME8 0QT
Received 14 May 2013127 Maidstone Road Rochester ME1 1RR
Received 14 May 2013Land At Fenn Corner (Adj To Fenn House) Fenn Street St Mary Hoo Rochester Rochester ME3 8QT
Received 16 May 201322 Lancelot Avenue Strood Rochester ME2 2YU
Received 16 May 201376 High Street Chatham ME4 4DZ
Received 16 May 201360 Second Avenue Gillingham ME7 2HS
Received 16 May 2013HMP Rochester Sir Evelyn Road Rochester Kent ME1 3LU
Received 15 May 2013St Peters Infant School Holcombe Road Rochester ME1 2HU
Received 16 May 2013Records 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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