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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2,730 approved · 4,880 refused · 1,636 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Ash Tree Lane Chatham Kent ME5 7BZ
Received 4 Nov 2009RSPB Cliffe Marshes Salt Lane Cliffe Rochester
Received 6 Nov 2009Grain Power Station Power Station Road Isle Of Grain Rochester Kent
Received 6 Nov 2009Sandacres Upnor Road Upnor Rochester ME2 4UY
Received 29 Oct 200932 Arthur Road Rainham Gillingham ME8 9BT
Received 5 Nov 2009Victory Pier Pier Road Gillingham Kent ME7 1RL
Received 26 Oct 2009Units 1-6 And 125/177 Kingsnorth Industrial Estate Hoo St Werburgh Rochester ME3 9ND
Received 2 Nov 2009Duxcourt Barn Duxcourt Road High Halstow Rochester Kent ME3 8RZ
Received 28 Oct 2009321 Wilson Avenue Rochester ME1 2ST
Received 3 Nov 200966 Dargets Road Walderslade Chatham ME5 8BL
Received 4 Nov 2009Shipwright Arms 44-45 Hills Terrace Chatham ME4 6PX
Received 3 Nov 2009Rear Of 181 Maidstone Road Chatham
Received 4 Nov 20098 Cobblestones Hempstead Gillingham ME7 3NT
Received 6 Nov 2009259 Cliffe Road Strood Rochester ME2 3NJ
Received 4 Nov 200910 Embassy Close Darland Gillingham ME7 3EN
Received 4 Nov 20091 Vineyard Mews Vineyard Crescent Rainham Gillingham ME8 8QD
Received 4 Nov 2009Units 212 & 213 Kingsnorth Works Hoo ME3 9NZ
Received 3 Nov 2009121 Charles Drive Cuxton Rochester ME2 1DU
Received 30 Oct 2009Land Rear Of 48 Hoath Lane Rainham Gillingham ME8 0SW
Received 3 Nov 200920 St Margarets Street Rochester ME1 1TR
Received 8 Jun 200929 Audley Avenue Darland Gillingham ME7 3AY
Received 3 Nov 2009National Grid Grain Road Isle Of Grain Rochester ME3 0AB
Received 3 Nov 2009Land Adjacent 181 Bells Lane Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Kent ME3 9JA
Received 29 Oct 2009Byron Primary School Byron Road Gillingham Medway ME7 5XX
Received 2 Nov 2009Records 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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