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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2,730 approved · 4,831 refused · 1,613 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
46 High Street Halling Rochester ME2 1BX
Received 2 Jun 201063 Pankhurst Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester ME3 9DG
Received 2 Jun 2010Grain Power Station Isle Of Grain Rochester Kent
Received 28 May 201037 London Road Rainham Gillingham ME8 7RG
Received 3 Jun 20101 Maryland Court Rainham Gillingham Kent ME8 8AY
Received 3 Jun 2010Springfield 317 Maidstone Road Chatham ME5 9SE
Received 2 Jun 201030 Hinton Crescent Hempstead Gillingham ME7 3RL
Received 2 Jun 201023 25 And 29 View Road Cliffe Woods Rochester Kent ME3 8JQ
Received 1 Jun 2010The Pharmacy (Paydens) The Healthy Living Centre Balmoral Gardens Gillingham Kent ME7 4PN
Received 1 Jun 2010Footpath To Front Of 2-4 High Street Gillingham ME7 1BB
Received 2 Jun 201043 Cloisterham Road Rochester ME1 2BW
Received 2 Jun 2010Municipal Buildings Canterbury Street Gillingham Kent ME7 5LA
Received 2 Jun 201030 River Drive Strood Rochester ME2 3JT
Received 2 Jun 2010Pavement Adjacent To Carpark Silverweed Road Chatham Kent ME5 0RB
Received 28 May 201016 Ringlet Road St Marys Island Gillingham Chatham ME4 3ET
Received 1 Jun 2010Turner Car Sales Basement 103-105 High Street Chathm Kent
Received 1 Jun 201087 Chestnut Avenue Walderslade Chatham ME5 9BA
Received 28 May 201029A Priestfields Rochester ME1 3AB
Received 28 May 2010Solomons Farm Sharnal Street High Halstow Rochester Kent ME3 8QQ
Received 26 May 201013-15 Railway Street Chatham ME4 4HU
Received 28 May 2010Land At 312 Wigmore Road Gillingham Kent ME8 0LU
Received 28 May 2010Chatham Grammar School For Girls Rainham Road Gillingham Chatham ME5 7EH
Received 1 Jun 2010Ferndale 44 Grain Road Wigmore Gillingham ME8 0ND
Received 29 May 201030 Christmas Lane High Halstow Rochester ME3 8SN
Received 31 May 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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