Planning application
Nuralite Industrial Estate Canal Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7JA
Works: Demolition Major scheme
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Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Application for removal of conditions 4 and 12 and variation of condition 7 attached to 20190290 - The proposal is for the systematic redevelopment of the existing Nuralite site. This includes the importation of inert materials to cap, and landscape the historic asbestos landfill, thus containing its contamination risk. To demolish the existing buildings of the Nuralite industrial estate, deal with existing contamination, both through capping and removal of areas of hydrocarbon pollution, the laying of new service and utility infrastructure and the construction of 11 new purpose built light industrial type units and a site office; to allow removal of passing places, Archaeological works and implementation of a TRO for all traffic.
As published by the council, reference 20250721
Application record
- Reference
- 20250721
- Type
- Major Planning Application (EIA)
- Status
- Application Permitted
- Decision
- Permitted
- Received
- 17 Jul 2025
- Validated
- 17 Jul 2025
- Decided
- 17 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Higham And Shorne
- Parish
- Shorne
- Decision by
- Committee Decision
- Postcode
- ME3 7JA
Site history
Applications at this address on the Gravesham register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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20260521 Awaiting decision
Nuralite Industrial Estate Canal Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7JA
Application for approval of condition 2, 5, 8, 9, 11 and 12 attached to planning permission reference number 20250721 relating to full details of the road improvements works at the Canal Road / Chequers Street / Church Street /Lower Rochester Road junction (2), full details of the phasing of the development (5), a comprehensive Demolition and Construction Logistics Plan covering all environmental impacts (8), a full Construction Traffic Management Plan (9), an updated preliminary ecological appraisal and review and of the site wide mitigation strategy (11) and a strategy to deal with the potential risks associated with any contamination of the site or the relevant phase (12).
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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17 Jul 2025
Received by Gravesham
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17 Apr 2026
Decision issued: Permitted
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10 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
166 documents on file for this application
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Gravesham granted permission on 17 April 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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Application for approval of condition 2, 5, 8, 9, 11 and 12 attached to planning permission reference number 20250721 relating to full details of the road improvements works at the Canal Road / Chequers Street / Church Street /Lower Rochester Road junction (2), full details of the phasing of the development (5), a comprehensive Demolition and Construction Logistics Plan covering all environmental impacts (8), a full Construction Traffic Management Plan (9), an updated preliminary ecological appraisal and review and of the site wide mitigation strategy (11) and a strategy to deal with the potential risks associated with any contamination of the site or the relevant phase (12).
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