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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2,730 approved · 4,837 refused · 1,620 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 May 2000 to 27 Sept 2027. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Tesco Courteney Road Gillingham Kent
Received 25 Mar 2010Land Rear Of 94 96 And 98 Woodside Gillingham Kent ME8 0PN
Received 31 Mar 2010Byron School Byron Road Gillingham ME7 5XX
Received 30 Mar 201023 Hanover Drive Wigmore Gillingham ME8 0RF
Received 30 Mar 2010Land Rear Of 137-167 Knights Road Hoo Kent ME3 9BX
Received 31 Mar 201082 Jeffery Street Gillingham ME7 1DB
Received 30 Mar 2010125-129 Tamar Drive Strood Rochester ME2 2EA
Received 31 Mar 2010165 Marlborough Road Gillingham ME7 5HP
Received 31 Mar 201035 The Glebe Cuxton Rochester ME2 1LW
Received 29 Mar 2010Chiquito Restaurant And Bar Medway Valley Leisure Park Chariot Way Strood Rochester ME2 2SS
Received 30 Mar 201012 Knole Road Lordswood Chatham Kent ME5 8PJ
Received 31 Mar 2010Land On Globe Lane And Riverside Gardens Chatham Kent
Received 25 Mar 2010Mierscourt Primary School Silverspot Close Rainham Gillingham ME8 8JR
Received 18 Mar 2010237 Rushdean Road Strood Rochester ME2 2QD
Received 23 Mar 2010Temple Park (Formerly Alloys Wheels) Priory Road Strood Rochester ME2 2BE
Received 29 Mar 201015 Roosevelt Avenue Wayfield Chatham ME5 0HS
Received 26 Mar 2010214 Beechings Way Twydall Gillingham ME8 6ST
Received 29 Mar 201088 Watling Street Gillingham ME7 2YS
Received 29 Mar 201010 Elford Road Cliffe Rochester ME3 7EF
Received 26 Mar 201045A Seagull Road Strood Rochester ME2 2RH
Received 23 Mar 2010Land Adjacent To 62 Sir Evelyn Road Rochester Kent ME1
Received 26 Mar 2010Plot 1 Anthony's Way Medway City Estate Rochester Kent
Received 23 Mar 201037 The Shades Strood Rochester ME2 2UD
Received 26 Mar 2010Land Rear Of 73 75 And 77 High Street Rochester ME1
Received 1 Mar 2010Records 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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