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Medway planning applications
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Medway Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Medway website
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates36,471Searchable applications
0Recorded as pending
41%Approval rate · 7,697 approved or refused records
4,508Refused applications
3,189 approved · 4,508 refused · 1,456 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information PlanningLocal plan Planning policyPre-application advice Pre-application adviceConservation areas Conservation areas and listed buildingsArticle 4 directions Article 4 Directions
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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Conservation areas24 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas47 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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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.
More application records
- Not publishedMC/12/0330
Details pursuant to conditions 25, 26, and 27 of planning permission MC/12/1860 for Variation of condition 5 of MC/11/2865 to allow a minor material amendment to allow alterations to elevations, change to footprint to extra care block and retained trees, together with variation of condition 14 (noise) and removal of condition 46.
Mid Kent College Site Horsted Centre Maidstone Road Chatham ME5 9UQ
Received 7 Feb 2012 - Not publishedMC/12/0329
Details pursuant to conditions 3,4,5, 8 and 9 of planning permission MC/11/1830 for the creation of a new public square within area surrounding the War Memorial including direct access route into Medway Park Sports Centre, new seating, planting and boundary wall treatments
Land Fronting Medway Park Sports Centre And The War Memorial At Junction Of Mill Road And Brompton Road Gillingham ME7 1HF
Received 6 Feb 2012 - Not publishedMC/12/0328
Application for non-material amendment to planning permission MC/11/2879 for the revision to shape and size of windows above the garage door on the front gable end wall and installation of rooflights to ground floor toilet and en-suite shower room.
1 Brownhill Close Chatham Kent ME5 0NW
Received 7 Feb 2012 - Not publishedMC/12/0327
Details pursuant to conditions 09, 11, 19, 25 & 27 on planning permission MC/11/1202 for the demolition of existing building and erection of a new educational building with outdoor sports pitches; games courts; a staff car park on land south west of academy site; new access on Magpie Hall Road; together with other car and cycle parking, landscaping and ancillary works
Bishop Of Rochester Academy Magpie Hall Road Chatham ME4 5JB
Received 2 Feb 2012 - Not publishedMC/12/0326
Construction of a single storey rear extension
80 Tanker Hill Rainham Gillingham ME8 9EU
Received 6 Feb 2012 - Not publishedMC/12/0325
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate (proposed) for construction of a flat roof single storey extension to rear
38 Carlton Crescent Lordswood Chatham ME5 7PJ
Received 6 Feb 2012 - Not publishedMC/12/0324
Change of use from industrial/warehousing with associated offices to highways maintenance depot with the construction of a salt store; workshops; stores; offices and 60 car parking spaces, storage of engineering and construction materials; street lighting equipment and the recycling of construction materials
Land At Sir Thomas Longley Road Frindsbury Kent ME2 4QW
Received 6 Feb 2012 - Not publishedMC/12/0323
Application for Lawful Development Certificate (existing) to establish that the extant use of the property for vehicle repair.
43 Southill Road Chatham Kent ME4 5SA
Received 6 Feb 2012 - Not publishedMC/12/0322
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate (proposed) for construction of single storey rear extension
86 Bush Road Cuxton Rochester ME2 1EY
Received 6 Feb 2012 - Not publishedMC/12/0318
Application for Prior Notification under Part 6 of the Town & Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 as amended for construction of a steel framed lean-to building for use as storage
Yard Rear Of Conifers Allhallows Road Lower Stoke Rochester
Received 6 Feb 2012 - Not publishedMC/12/0317
Advertisement consent for installation of double sided internally illuminated post sign
The Poachers Pocket 135 Walderslade Road Walderslade Chatham ME5 0NB
Received 6 Feb 2012 - Not publishedMC/12/0315
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate (proposed) for conversion of part of garage into a habitable room
7 Marsh Crescent High Halstow Rochester ME3 8TJ
Received 6 Feb 2012 - Not publishedMC/12/0314
Change of use of amenity land to residential use and removal of existing wall and construction of a 2 metre high close boarded fence to rear
21 Merton Close Lordswood Chatham ME5 8YX
Received 6 Feb 2012 - Not publishedMC/12/0313
Installation of two roof mounted satellite dishes on existing roof of cinema
Odeon Cinema Leviathan Way Chatham Maritime Chatham ME4 4LL
Received 7 Feb 2012 - Not publishedMC/12/0312
Construction of single storey side/rear extension together with rooflights and steps to the rear; formation of hip to gable; insertion of rear dormer window and roof lights to front to facilitate additional living accommodation in the roof space (demolition of existing rear projection and resubmission of MC11/2018)
8 Shaws Way Rochester ME1 3DY
Received 6 Feb 2012 - Not publishedMC/12/0311
Advertisement consent for installation of 3 internally illuminated fascia signs and 1 internally illuminated projecting sign
Former Kestrel PH Fellowship Walk Kestrel Road Lordswood Chatham ME5 8TH
Received 6 Feb 2012 - Not publishedMC/12/0310
Advertisement consent for installation of 1 freestanding internally illuminated totem sign
Former Kestrel PH Fellowship Walk Kestrel Road Lordswood Chatham ME5 8TH
Received 3 Feb 2012 - Not publishedMC/12/0309
Details pursuant to conditions A.2 (2) of Part 6, Class A of the Second Schedule of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 (as amended), for the prior approval of siting, design and external appearance of the building
Brickfields Sundridge Hill Cuxton ME2 1LF
Received 6 Feb 2012 - Not publishedMC/12/0307
Retrospective application for the siting of a timber detached outbuilding to provide a 1 bedroomed annex
285 London Road Rainham Gillingham ME8 6YU
Received 3 Feb 2012 - Not publishedMC/12/0306
Change of use of amenity land to residential garden and erection of a boundary fence
53 Ryde Close Princes Park Chatham ME5 7QH
Received 2 Feb 2012 - Not publishedMC/12/0305
Construction of a 1-bedroomed dwelling with associated parking and vehicular crossover
Land Adjacent To 77 Clandon Road Lordswood Kent ME5 8UW
Received 2 Feb 2012 - Not publishedMC/12/0304
Conversion of garage into habitable room
20 Heritage Drive Darland Gillingham ME7 3EH
Received 2 Feb 2012 - Not publishedMC/12/0300
Construction of single storey front and rear extensions (demolition of conservatory)
131 Church Street Cliffe Rochester ME3 7PY
Received 3 Feb 2012 - Not publishedMC/12/0298
Retention of detached building to rear for use as summer house/store
81 Lamplighters Close Hempstead Gillingham ME7 3DX
Received 3 Feb 2012
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What these statistics cover
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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