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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3,189 approved · 4,513 refused · 1,459 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
41 Hollingbourne Road Twydall Gillingham ME8 6SS
Received 6 Dec 2011Oriel House The Precinct Rochester Kent ME1 1SX
Received 2 Dec 201121 Christmas Lane High Halstow Rochester ME3 8SN
Received 7 Dec 20119 Slade Close Lordswood Chatham ME5 8RD
Received 6 Dec 201146 Star Hill Rochester ME1 1XQ
Received 6 Dec 201138 Station Road Cliffe Rochester ME3 7RX
Received 6 Dec 201125 Stonecross Lea Chatham Kent ME5 0BL
Received 7 Dec 20116 Weybridge Close Lordswood Chatham ME5 8RW
Received 6 Dec 2011119 Hollywood Lane Wainscott Rochester ME3 8AT
Received 5 Dec 2011Building 44 Chatham Docks Chatham Kent ME4 4SP
Received 2 Dec 2011174-176 Canterbury Street Gillingham ME7 5XG
Received 5 Dec 2011572 Maidstone Road Rainham Gillingham ME8 0JX
Received 5 Dec 2011Land Adjacent To 47 Eden Road High Halstow Rochester ME3 8ST
Received 5 Dec 2011Land At Commissioners Road Strood Rochester ME2 4ED
Received 24 Oct 201139 Kit Hill Avenue Walderslade Chatham ME5 9EX
Received 5 Dec 201115 Poachers Close Lordswood Chatham ME5 8JF
Received 2 Dec 201118 Marquis Drive Hempstead Gillingham ME7 3DR
Received 22 Nov 2011Part Of Former Allotment Site (Land Adjacent 7) Clarendon Drive And (Rear Of 9-15) Lychfield Drive Strood Rochester Kent ME2 3LT
Received 1 Dec 201131 Pennant Road Rochester ME1 2XS
Received 1 Dec 2011337 Maidstone Road Rainham Gillingham ME8 0HS
Received 2 Dec 201149 Harrow Road Hempstead Gillingham ME7 3QA
Received 5 Dec 2011Mid Kent College Site Horsted Centre Maidstone Road Chatham ME5 9UQ
Received 21 Nov 2011Pemberth Lodge Spekes Road Hempstead Gillingham ME7 3RT
Received 29 Nov 2011Four Elms Service Station (North) Main Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester ME3 8LL
Received 1 Dec 2011Records 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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