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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2,730 approved · 4,775 refused · 1,579 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wilkinson 4-5 Rainham Shopping Centre Rainham Gillingham ME8 7HW
Received 3 Jun 2011HSBC 4 Rainham Shopping Centre Rainham Gillingham ME8 7HW
Received 1 Jun 201171 Robin Hood Lane Walderslade Chatham ME5 9NP
Received 1 Jun 2011Oak Lea House Lodge Hill Lane Chattenden Rochester ME3 8NY
Received 1 Jun 201174A Robin Hood Lane Walderslade Chatham ME5 9LD
Received 1 Jun 20115 The Beeches Walderslade Chatham ME5 0NS
Received 31 May 2011102 Nelson Road Gillingham ME7 4LL
Received 26 May 201133B Berengrave Lane Rainham Gillingham ME8 7LZ
Received 1 Jun 2011217 Wayfield Road Wayfield Chatham ME5 0HG
Received 1 Jun 2011261 Napier Road Gillingham ME7 4LY
Received 10 May 2011Burma Way Garages Burma Way Chatham Kent ME5 0JF
Received 1 Jun 2011Young Guns 118 (To Rear) High Street Strood Rochester ME2 4TT
Received 31 May 2011Byron School Byron Road Gillingham ME7 5XX
Received 1 Jun 201123 Cooling Road Cliffe Rochester Kent ME3 7RY
Received 2 Jun 2011Land Adjoining East Rainham Sewage Pumping Station Lower Rainham Road Rainham ME8 7TX
Received 2 Jun 20111 Fairview Avenue Wigmore Gillingham Kent ME8 0QL
Received 27 May 20114 Bythorne Court Rainham Gillingham ME8 8TN
Received 31 May 201153 King Arthurs Drive Strood Rochester ME2 3NB
Received 27 May 201123 Reedham Crescent Cliffe Woods Rochester Kent ME3 8HT
Received 26 May 2011Kingsnorth Kingsnorth Industrial Estate Hoo St Werburgh Rochester ME3 9ND
Received 1 Jun 201115 Bedgebury Close Rochester ME1 2UT
Received 1 Jun 2011Royal School Of Military Engineering Brompton Barracks Dock Road Chatham ME4 4UG
Received 26 May 201124A Wigmore Road Wigmore Gillingham ME8 0SP
Received 31 May 201132 Hamelin Road Darland Gillingham ME7 3EX
Received 26 May 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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