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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4,589 approved · 3,741 refused · 1,314 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
30 Eastling Close Twydall Gillingham ME8 6XT
Received 17 Jul 201318 Charles Drive Cuxton Rochester ME2 1DP
Received 17 Jul 20139 Henley Close Rainham Gillingham ME8 0ER
Received 12 Jul 201365 Harrison Drive High Halstow Rochester ME3 8TF
Received 11 Jul 201385 Aintree Road Lordswood Chatham ME5 8PQ
Received 11 Jul 201380 Woodside Rainham Gillingham ME8 0PN
Received 15 Jul 2013Land At Reed Street/Common Road (R/O Meadow View & Peacehaven Wharf Lane) Cliffe Rochester Kent
Received 12 Jul 2013Land At Carpeaux Close Chatham ME4 4NF
Received 17 Jul 20131 Hilda Road Chatham Medway ME4 5PX
Received 16 Jul 2013The Barn Courtsole Farm Pond Hill Cliffe Rochester ME3 7QS
Received 15 Jul 201315 Main Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester ME3 9AA
Received 15 Jul 2013169 Wigmore Road Wigmore Gillingham ME8 0TJ
Received 15 Jul 2013Doust House Doust Way Rochester ME1 1HH
Received 12 Jul 201374 Broadview Avenue Rainham Gillingham ME8 9DE
Received 11 Jul 2013Land To Rear Of 37-43 High Street Chatham ME4 4EN
Received 11 Jul 2013Wainscott Primary School Wainscott Road Wainscott Rochester ME2 4JY
Received 11 Jul 20137A Plantation Road Gillingham ME7 2UA
Received 12 Jul 2013(Former Colonial House) Quayside Chatham Maritime Gillingham Chatham ME4 4YY
Received 12 Jul 2013South Eastern Hotel 51 Station Road Strood Rochester ME2 4BP
Received 11 Jul 2013The Fort Former Mid Kent College City Way Rochester ME1 2AD
Received 12 Jul 201350 Rochester Street Chatham ME4 6RR
Received 9 Jul 201372 Edwin Road Rainham Gillingham ME8 0AB
Received 10 Jul 2013Land Adjacent 5 Montgomery Avenue Chatham Kent ME8 0HA
Received 11 Jul 201318 Seagull Road Strood Rochester ME2 2SG
Received 11 Jul 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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