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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
2,730 approved · 4,775 refused · 1,579 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 May 2000 to 27 Sept 2027. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Cox Gardens Gillingham ME8 6BF
Received 13 May 2011All Faiths Childrens Community School Gun Lane Strood Rochester ME2 4UF
Received 17 May 2011The Barn Courtsole Farm Pond Hill Cliffe Rochester ME3 7QS
Received 18 May 2011The Barn Courtsole Farm Pond Hill Cliffe Rochester ME3 7QS
Received 18 May 2011Gillingham Park Canterbury Street Gillingham ME7 5LA
Received 20 Apr 201184 Malvern Road Gillingham ME7 4BB
Received 16 May 2011Rear Of 36 Wallace Road Rochester ME1 2TB
Received 13 May 2011Former Victoria Inn 174 Church Street Cliffe Rochester ME3 7QD
Received 16 May 201176 Maidstone Road Rainham Gillingham ME8 0DP
Received 16 May 201156 Marston Close Walderslade Chatham ME5 9BY
Received 11 May 2011124A High Street Gillingham ME7 1AS
Received 24 May 20119 Mierscourt Road Rainham Gillingham ME8 8JB
Received 17 May 201116 Cowbeck Close Parkwood Gillingham ME8 9NN
Received 17 May 2011Unit C Horsted Retail Park Chatham ME5 9SQ
Received 13 May 2011Unit 9 Matts Hill Farm Matts Hill Road Hartlip Sittingbourne Kent ME9 7UY
Received 13 May 2011Rainham Mark Grammar School Pump Lane Gillingham Kent ME8 7AJ
Received 13 May 201112 Watermeadow Close Hempstead Gillingham ME7 3QF
Received 13 May 20114 Parkwood Green Shopping Centre Parkwood Gillingham ME8 9PN
Received 13 May 201143 Bush Road Cuxton Rochester ME2 1LS
Received 13 May 2011Foord Annex Eastgate House High Street Rochester ME1 1EW
Received 28 Jun 2011114 Watling Street Strood Rochester ME2 3QJ
Received 28 Jun 201133 Arundel Close Lordswood Chatham ME5 8UZ
Received 24 Jun 201119 Norton Grove Weeds Wood Chatham ME5 9BQ
Received 10 Jun 2011Kemaman Forge Lane High Halstow Rochester ME3 8SL
Received 14 Jun 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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