New housing in Medway Council
We read Medway Council's planning register every day. We hold 21,917 of its planning applications going back to 2011, and 159 of those made in the last 12 months are for new homes.
It delivered 60% of the homes it needed in the 2025 Housing Delivery Test, below the 75% at which national policy treats it as having an unmet need for housing.
Key facts
- Local Plan
- Not recorded yet.
- Five-year housing land supply
- Not recorded yet.
- Housing Delivery Test
- 60% (2025): presumption
- Local Plan sites we hold
- None loaded yet.
- Planning applications we hold
- 21,917
Applications for new homes, by year
Applications we have identified as being for new homes, by the year they were made. Approved and refused count those decided so far.
| Year | Applications | Approved | Refused |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 141 | 42 | 19 |
| 2025 | 156 | 67 | 32 |
| 2024 | 143 | 62 | 24 |
| 2023 | 184 | 95 | 33 |
| 2022 | 188 | 92 | 40 |
| 2021 | 288 | 136 | 76 |
The largest housing schemes of the last three years
| Homes | Site | Status | Made |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,300 | Land At Holborough Quarry, Snodland (To The North And South Of Ladds Lane And Off The Western Arm Of Peter's Bridge Roundabout, West Of A228) Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations (2017), as amended by the Conservation of Habitats and Species (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 - request for a HRA screening opinion - Scheme A - Mixed use… MC/26/1469 | Awaiting decision | 4 Aug 2026 |
| 825 | Pump And Bloors Farm, Lower Rainham ME8 7AT Town and Country Planning Act (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017 (as amended) - Request for a scoping opinion for an outline planning application comprising: a mixed-use development… MC/26/1472 | Awaiting decision | 4 Aug 2026 |
| 800 | Lower Rochester Road Wainscott Rochester Medway ME3 8EH Medway Council Consultation MC/25/0006: Outline application with some matters reserved (appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) for demolition of existing buildings, the erection up to 800 dwellings (use class C3)… 20250218 | Awaiting decision | 7 Mar 2025 |
| 510 | Old Gas Works Strand Approach Road Gillingham Medway ME7 1TT Town and Country Planning Act (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (as amended) request for an EIA screening opinion for a mixed use development comprising of up to 510 residential units, a food store, a… MC/24/2167 | Approved | 21 Oct 2024 |
| 500 | Chattenden Barracks Chattenden Lane Chattenden Rochester Medway ME3 8NQ Town and Country Planning Act (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017 (as amended) - Request for a scoping opinion for up to 500 dwellings (C3); small scale retail floor space (E) (size to… MC/25/0584 | Awaiting decision | 18 Mar 2025 |
| 360 | Land North Of Rede Court Adjacent Gravesend Road A226 Town and Country Planning Act (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017 (as amended) - Request for a scoping opinion for a residential-led development of up to 360 new homes MC/26/1509 | Awaiting decision | 10 Aug 2026 |
| 350 | Land At Stoke Road Allhallows Rochester Medway ME3 9PE Town and Country Planning Act (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (as amended) request for an EIA screening opinion for the development of 350 dwellings MC/25/2515 | Approved | 2 Jan 2026 |
| 350 | Bardell Wharf Corporation Street Rochester Medway ME1 1NG Town and Country Planning Act (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 - request for a screening opinion for up to 350 residential dwellings and flexible community/commercial space (Class F2/E) MC/24/0934 | Approved | 8 May 2024 |
| 319 | Go Outdoors The Brook Chatham Medway ME4 4NZ Mixed use redevelopment comprising of 319 apartments with shared communal facilities and flexible commercial floorspace (including Class E and F) with associated landscaping and infrastructure provisions MC/24/2495 | Decided | 12 Dec 2024 |
| 185 | Former Civic Centre High Street Strood Rochester Medway ME2 4AB Town and Country Planning Act (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (as amended) request for a screening for demolition of existing buildings and construction of 185 homes cafe/bar, live work unit and… MC/24/0036 | Approved | 8 Jan 2024 |
Towns and villages
See every field round the edge of a town or village, scored for how likely it is to be built on.
Where this comes from
- Planning applications: Medway Council's online planning register, last read 14 Nov 2026.
- Housing Delivery Test: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
- How fields are scored: how the score works.