Current and past consultations
We want everyone to have the opportunity to get involved and help shape the future of Medway.
View our current consultations, have your say on projects and proposals that interest you, and read about recently closed consultations. We'd love to hear from you!
Current consultations
Esplanade Gardens play area improvements
We're asking for your views on our proposed improvements to the Esplanade Gardens play area.
The survey closes at 11.59pm on Sunday 7 December 2025.
Temple Marsh Nature Reserve
We're asking for your views on our proposals to create a nature reserve at Temple Marsh.
The survey closes at 11.59pm on Monday 8 December 2025.
School term dates 2027 to 2028, and 2028 to 2029
We're consulting on term dates for the 2027 to 2028, and 2028 to 2029 school years.
The consultation closes on Sunday 14 December 2025.
Child-friendly Medway children and young people survey
We're asking Medway's children and young people to share what they think about what it's like to live, learn, play and grow up here.
The survey closes on Monday 15 December 2025.
Questions at Cabinet meetings survey
We're seeking your views on whether asking questions at Cabinet should be made a permanent change, as well as seeking views on the question submission process.
The survey closes at 11.59pm on Sunday 4 January 2026.
Recently closed consultations
Adult Social Care Strategy
We asked to hear from people that use our care and support services to help shape our new Adult Social Care Strategy.
The survey closed on Sunday 19 October 2025.
Local Transport Plan survey
We ran a survey to understand your experiences, priorities, and ideas about transport in Medway.
The survey closed on Sunday 12 October 2025.
Kent and Medway Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention Strategy 2026 to 2030
We consulted on the draft Kent and Medway Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention Strategy for 2026 to 2030.
The consultation closed on Monday 6 October 2025.
More about the Kent and Medway Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention Strategy 2026 to 2030 consultation
Community Safety Partnership survey
We're asked for your views on community safety to help form the latest action plan.
The survey closed on Monday 6 October 2025.
Gillingham Town Centre Vision and Action Plan
We asked to hear your views on our vision and action plan for Gillingham Town Centre.
The consultation closed on Sunday 21 September 2025 at 11.59pm.
More about the Gillingham Town Centre Vision and Action Plan consultation
Rochester High Street traffic improvement consultation
We asked for your views on our proposal to improve traffic in Rochester High Street.
The consultation closed on Sunday 21 September 2025 at 11.59pm.
More about the Rochester High Street traffic improvement consultation
Draft Regulation 19 Local Plan consultation
We asked for your views on our draft Local Plan.
The consultation closed on Monday 11 August 2025 at 11.59pm.
Medway SEND Strategy 2025 to 2028
We asked to hear your views on the proposed SEND Strategy for 2025 to 2028.
The survey closed on Friday 18 July 2025.
More about the proposed SEND Strategy 2025 to 2028 consultation
Medway Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment survey
Following consultation with the public and pharmacists we produced a draft Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment and wanted to hear your views.
The survey closed on Sunday 6 July 2025.
Education Travel Assistance and Post-16 Transport
We consulted on proposed changes to the Education Travel Assistance and Post-16 Transport Policies.
The consultation closed on Friday 4 July 2025.
More about the Education Travel Assistance and Post-16 Transport consultation
Junction improvement scheme consultation
We have been developing a junction improvement scheme to improve capacity at the A2 High Street and Mierscourt Road, Rainham.
The consultation closed on Monday 30 June 2025.
Annual care leavers survey
We ran a survey to find out your views and experiences to help us improve our care leavers service.
The survey closed on Friday 30 May.
Kent and Medway Work and Health Strategy
We drafted a strategy to help more people with a long-term health condition or disability return to work.
The survey closed on Thursday 20 March 2025.
Draft Hoo Community Infrastructure Framework
We consulted on the draft Hoo Community Infrastructure Framework. You could have your say on if you agreed with the proposals.
The survey closed on Sunday 16 March 2025.
Rainham feasibility study 2025 consultation
We have appointed Tuckey Design Consultants to help us develop a new feasibility study for the town centre to look at what should be prioritised for future regeneration work. To help us, we wanted to hear from you.
The survey closed on Sunday 16 February 2025.
Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment survey
We wanted to hear how you access and use pharmacy services in Medway to help us develop services in the future.
The survey closed on Wednesday 5 February 2025.
Luton Road - road safety project
We asked for your views on proposed road safety measures on Luton Road.
This consultation closed on Sunday 29 December 2024.
Anti-social behaviour survey
We invited all Medway Council housing tenants to take part in our anti-social behavior (ASB) survey.
You could tell us any concerns you have about ASB in your community.
This survey closed on Wednesday 18 December 2024.
School term dates 2026 to 2027
We consulted on term dates for the 2026 to 2027 school year.
This consultation closed on Sunday 15 December 2024.
More about the school term dates consultation
Stop smoking chatbot survey
We wanted to get your feedback on what we should call our new stop smoking artificial intelligence (AI) powered chatbot.
This survey closed on Monday 2 December.
Crest Infant School nursery lease
We consulted on a proposal for Crest Infant School to lease out their nursery to a private provider.
The consultation closed on Sunday 10 November.
Homelessness prevention and rough sleeping strategy
We want to update the homelessness prevention and rough sleeping strategy to ensure it meets the changing needs of people in Medway until 2030.
The survey closed on Thursday 31 October.
Garden Waste Subscription
A new ‘opt in’ kerbside subscription garden waste service is being introduced from spring 2025. We were looking for feedback to help us shape the final design of the service.
Air Quality Action Plan
We're updating our 2015 Air Quality Action Plan and asked to hear your views on local air quality
The survey closed on Monday 28 October.
Community Safety Partnership
We wanted to understand the views of local residents and businesses around community safety and hear your thoughts on what you think we should prioritise locally. Feedback would help us to shape our latest action plan.
School Streets scheme
We're proposing 9 new School Streets across Medway. We asked for your feedback to make sure our proposals meet the needs of the community.
The survey closed on Sunday 27 October.
Duty to Consult: felling street trees
All local councils must consult residents on the felling of street trees where no exemptions apply.
The consultation for 'URN 18241 and 18242' closed on Monday 21 October.