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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3,189 approved · 4,508 refused · 1,456 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
36 Mill Road Gillingham ME7 1HN
Received 27 Jan 201222 Boxley Road Walderslade Chatham ME5 9LF
Received 2 Feb 2012Elaine Primary School Elaine Avenue Strood Rochester Kent ME2 2YN
Received 16 Dec 201132 Burrstock Way Rainham Gillingham ME8 8TR
Received 1 Feb 2012Unit 3 101-109 Beacon Road Chatham Kent ME5 7BP
Received 2 Feb 2012Deangate Ridge Golf Course Dux Court Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester ME3 8RZ
Received 3 Feb 20128-12 New Road Chatham ME4 4QR
Received 1 Feb 2012Rede Common Open Space Thurston Drive Strood Rochester
Received 1 Feb 2012Greystones Bloors Lane Rainham Gillingham ME8 7TR
Received 2 Feb 2012Greystones Bloors Lane Rainham Gillingham ME8 7TR
Received 2 Feb 2012Greystones Bloors Lane Rainham Gillingham ME8 7TR
Received 2 Feb 201213 Military Road Chatham ME4 4JG
Received 2 Feb 2012128 Luton Road Luton Chatham ME4 5AD
Received 1 Feb 2012Land Between 18 & 20 Alamein Avenue Wayfield Chatham ME5 0HZ
Received 1 Feb 201277 Station Road Rainham Gillingham Kent ME8 7SB
Received 26 Jan 20125 Murray Road Strood Rochester ME2 4HJ
Received 2 Feb 201219 Stoke Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester ME3 9BE
Received 2 Feb 201243-45 Wainscott Road Wainscott Rochester ME2 4LA
Received 31 Jan 201266 Leigh Road Wainscott Rochester ME3 8ED
Received 26 Jan 2012Bridge Lodge Four Elms Hill Chattenden Rochester ME3 8NH
Received 31 Jan 2012Land At Knight Road And Norman Close Strood Rochester
Received 1 Feb 2012Land Adjoining 28 Eden Avenue Chatham Kent ME5 0HN
Received 31 Jan 2012Allied Carpets Ambley Road Gillingham Business Park Gillingham ME8 0PU
Received 31 Jan 2012Land Rear Of 30-34 Woodstock Road Rochester ME2 2DR
Received 31 Jan 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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