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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2,730 approved · 4,813 refused · 1,606 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
27-31 (Co-Op Supermarket) Pattens Lane Chatham ME4 6JR
Received 2 Aug 201018 Marquis Drive Hempstead Gillingham ME7 3DR
Received 3 Aug 2010Rainham Mark Grammar School Pump Lane Rainham Gillingham ME8 7AJ
Received 30 Jul 2010Land East Of Lower Stoke Kent
Received 2 Aug 201049 Allison Avenue Darland Gillingham ME7 3BY
Received 30 Jul 2010104 Church Street Cliffe Rochester ME3 7PT
Received 30 Jul 2010St Francis Of Assisi Church Galahad Avenue Strood Rochester ME2 2YS
Received 27 Jul 20109 Westgate St. Mary's Island Chatham Kent
Received 26 Jul 2010The Victoria Inn 174 Church Street Cliffe Rochester ME3 7QD
Received 30 Jul 2010Rear Of 50-52 Shakespeare Road Gillingham ME7 5QN
Received 29 Jul 201064 Edwin Road Rainham Gillingham ME8 0AB
Received 29 Jul 2010Land At Cooling Marshes Approximately 2KM North Of Cooling Village With Connecting Access Track To Cooling Road West Of Cooling Village Kent.
Received 29 Jul 2010Land Between 18 & 20 Alamein Avenue Wayfield Chatham ME5 0HZ
Received 28 Jul 201012 Rainham Road Gillingham Chatham ME5 7EJ
Received 2 Aug 201086 High Street Strood Rochester ME2 4AT
Received 29 Jul 2010Land East Of Lower Stoke Kent
Received 29 Jul 2010Whitewall Road Medway City Estate Strood Rochester Kent ME2 4EW
Received 26 Jul 201024 Horsted Way Horsted Chatham Rochester ME1 2XY
Received 28 Jul 2010Land Adjacent To 54 And 61 Shanklin Close Princes Park Chatham ME5
Received 20 Jul 201025 Pilgrims Road Upper Halling Rochester Kent ME2 1HN
Received 27 Jul 2010132 Chestnut Avenue Walderslade Chatham ME5 9BJ
Received 28 Jul 201082 Watling Street Strood Rochester ME2 3QJ
Received 28 Jul 2010622 - 624 Lower Rainham Road Rainham Gillingham ME8 7TX
Received 23 Jul 201026 Grain Road Wigmore Gillingham ME8 0NB
Received 27 Jul 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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