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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
1,592 approved · 5,068 refused · 1,708 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 May 2000 to 27 Sept 2027. Most recent record check: 15 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Land South Of The Pastures Stoke Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Kent ME3 9BQ
Received 6 Mar 2009Cedar Lodge Spekes Road Hempstead Gillingham ME7 3RS
Received 14 Jan 200931 Knights Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester ME3 9DT
Received 3 Feb 2009Oak Lea House Lodge Hill Lane Chattenden Rochester ME3 8NY
Received 10 Mar 2009378 High Street Rochester ME1 1DJ
Received 9 Dec 20083 Goodwood Close High Halstow Rochester ME3 8SU
Received 3 Feb 2009Footpath Between 101 And 103 Darnley Road Rochester Kent ME2 2EY
Received 18 Feb 200939 Gypsy Way High Halstow Rochester ME3 8DX
Received 23 Feb 2009Land Adjacent To Existing Damhead Creek CCGT Power Station Kingsnorth Rochester Kent
Received 5 Mar 20095 The Links Chatham ME5 0EA
Received 4 Mar 200927 Holding Street Rainham Gillingham ME8 7JP
Received 2 Mar 200932 Duncan Road Gillingham ME7 4LF
Received 25 Feb 2009Shipwrights Arms 44-45 Hills Terrace Chatham ME4 6PX
Received 17 Feb 200917 Mayfield Close Rainham Gillingham ME8 7DP
Received 6 Mar 200911 Kit Hill Avenue Walderslade Chatham Kent ME5 9EU
Received 4 Mar 200928 Highgrove Road Walderslade Chatham ME5 7QE
Received 5 Feb 2009236 Rochester Street Chatham ME4 6RX
Received 16 Feb 20097 Hawkins Close Chatham ME4 4XN
Received 4 Feb 200918 Marquis Drive Hempstead Gillingham ME7 3DR
Received 6 Mar 20098 Hook Close Chatham ME5 9TP
Received 3 Mar 20095 Martin Court Lambsfrith Grove Hempstead Gillingham ME7 3SD
Received 5 Mar 2009167 Ballens Road Lordswood Chatham ME5 8PG
Received 4 Mar 2009Balfour Centre Pattens Lane Rochester ME1 2RB
Received 17 Feb 2009218 Fairview Avenue Wigmore Gillingham Kent ME8 0PX
Received 4 Mar 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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