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Planning application documents: what to read first
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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 dates36,393Searchable applications
0Recorded as pending
42%Approval rate · 7,681 approved or refused records
4,492Refused applications
3,189 approved · 4,492 refused · 1,454 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/12/0804
Listed Building Consent for minor works to facade involving the bricking up of an existing hole in wall
Rochester Delivery Office 165 High Street Rochester ME1 1AA
Received 29 Mar 2012 - Not publishedMC/12/0803
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate (existing) for use of part of a detached outbuilding for business use - resubmission of MC/11/2491
107 Woodside Rainham Gillingham ME8 0PW
Received 28 Mar 2012 - Not publishedMC/12/0802
Details pursuant to conditions 3 and 4 on planning permission MC11/2812 for provision of a vehicular crossover and hardstanding for access onto Woodlands Road incorporating boundary wall alteration
Cemetery Lodge 78 Woodlands Road Gillingham ME7 2DX
Received 26 Mar 2012 - Not publishedMC/12/0801
Prior notification of proposed demolition of former office buildings (B1a) and canteen buildings ancillary to the previous industrial use of the main site east of A228
Former Halling Cement Works Formby Road Halling Kent ME2 1AW
Received 28 Mar 2012 - Not publishedMC/12/0800
Listed building consent for internal alterations to ground floor layout at rear in respect of toilet facilities, providing store room/office and refuse bin store and the relocation of the external staircase position
146 High Street Rochester ME1 1ER
Received 27 Mar 2012 - Not publishedMC/12/0799
Listed Building Consent for installation of new shopfront, increase of internal floor height at ground floor to allow for use of basement as restaurant, various internal alterations including staircase to basement
146 High Street Rochester ME1 1ER
Received 27 Mar 2012 - Not publishedMC/12/0798
Installation of new shopfront, increase of internal floor height at ground floor to allow for use of basement as restaurant (Class A3) and various internal alterations including staircase to basement
146 High Street Rochester ME1 1ER
Received 27 Mar 2012 - Not publishedMC/12/0797
Details pursuant to conditions 2, 4, 5, 7, 19 and 21 on planning permission MC/09/0020 for re-development of site to provide 333sqm commercial floorspace falling within use classes B1, D1 or D2 of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (as amended) and 68 flats with car parking and amenity space
Former Ancaster Garage Site Station Road Strood Rochester ME2 4BD
Received 27 Mar 2012 - Not publishedMC/12/0796
Details pursuant to conditions 15 and 16 on planning permission MC/09/0020 for re-development of site to provide 333sqm commercial floorspace falling within use classes B1, D1 or D2 of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (as amended) and 68 flats with car parking and amenity space
Former Ancaster Garage Site Station Road Strood Rochester ME2 4BD
Received 27 Mar 2012 - Not publishedMC/12/0795
First Floor rear extension and construction of a garage
1 New Barn Farm Cottages Malmaynes Hall Road Stoke Rochester ME3 9SQ
Received 28 Mar 2012 - Not publishedMC/12/0794
Application for non-material amendment to planning permission MC/11/0411 for the construction of a part single storey extension to side and a part two storey extension to rear with Juliet balcony and sunpipe to rear roof slope) for a reduction in the size of the single storey extension (kitchen) and introduction of a window to the southeast flank of the two-storey rear extension.
1 Little York Meadows Twydall Gillingham ME7 2UT
Received 28 Mar 2012 - Not publishedMC/12/0793
First floor rear extension and domestic sewerage treatment plant
2 New Barn Farm Cottages Malmaynes Hall Road Stoke Rochester ME3 9SQ
Received 28 Mar 2012 - Not publishedMC/12/0789
Installation of an ATM
64 Twydall Green Twydall Gillingham ME8 6XJ
Received 29 Mar 2012 - Not publishedMC/12/0788
Listed building consent for installation and re-location of a window and two doors
5 Mansion Row Brompton Gillingham ME7 5SE
Received 28 Mar 2012 - Not publishedMC/12/0787
Construction of a two-storey side extension and canopy to side (demolition of the existing porch)
24 Pear Tree Lane Hempstead Gillingham ME7 3PT
Received 28 Mar 2012 - Not publishedMC/12/0785
Details pursuant to condition 42 of planning permission MC/08/0370 for outline application for the construction of a business park development for business, general industrial and storage and distribution uses B1C, B2 and B8 with associated landscaping, ecology, parking and servicing areas and access and improvements to Ropers Lane and Stoke Road (alternative illustrative layout to planning application MC2007/2264)
Kingsnorth Commercial Park Stoke Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester ME3 9ND
Received 29 Mar 2012 - Not publishedMC/12/0784
Details pursuant to condition 3 on planning permission MC/09/0020 for re-development of site to provide 333sqm commercial floorspace falling within use classes B1, D1 or D2 of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (as amended) and 68 flats with car parking and amenity space
Former Ancaster Garage Site Station Road Strood Rochester ME2 4BD
Received 27 Mar 2012 - Not publishedMC/12/0783
Application for non-material amendment to planning permission MC2005/2430 (construction of pitched roof and new staircase to rear to facilitate 1-bedroom flat within existing first floor, link extension to the rear) for amendments to location of refuse bin store and external staircase, siting/size of new toilets and formation of store office
146 High Street Rochester ME1 1ER
Received 27 Mar 2012 - Not publishedMC/12/0782
Construction of a two storey side extension and a conservatory to rear
143 Marlborough Road Gillingham ME7 5HD
Received 27 Mar 2012 - Not publishedMC/12/0781
Details pursuant to condition 03 on planning permission MC/11/0677 for demolition of existing two storey residential homes for the elderly and the construction of eleven 2, 3, & 4 bedroomed houses and ten 1 & 2 bedroomed flats including 32 car parking spaces; cycle & bin stores and landscaping
St Werburgh Court Pottery Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester ME3 9BT
Received 27 Mar 2012 - Not publishedMC/12/0780
Construction of a 5-bedroomed detached dwelling with associated detached garage, games room and home office/store (demolition of existing bungalow)
622-624 Lower Rainham Road Rainham Gillingham ME8 7TX
Received 27 Mar 2012 - Not publishedMC/12/0779
Application for a new planning permission to replace extant planning permission MC/09/0201 (construction of a single storey rear extension and insertion of rear dormer to facilitate conversion of property into 3 self contained flats) in order to extend the time limit for implementation
3 Napier Road Gillingham ME7 4HB
Received 26 Mar 2012 - Not publishedMC/12/0778
Installation of a new shop front and roller shutters
260 High Street Chatham ME4 4AN
Received 26 Mar 2012 - Not publishedMC/12/0758
Hybrid application consisting of full planning permission (building L1) for construction of 71 residential units and outline planning permission for access, scale and layout (buildings A & B, C & D, H & J, K & P) for up to 390 residential units (total of up to 461 residential units) and commercial floorspace (A1/A2/A3/B1/D1/D2 uses) with a maximum height of ground floor plus 15 storeys together with car and cycle parking, hard and soft landscaping, refuse and recycling storage and other associated works
Victory Pier Pier Road Gillingham ME7 1RL
Received 26 Mar 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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