IPM Site Vacant Land To The East Of Laker Road, Medway Rochester ME1 3QY

1. 7 Nov 2025

   Received by Medway

2. 10 Nov 2025

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 6 Jan 2026

   Decision issued

4. 7 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

• Application: MC/25/0848 (Decided)

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• Land West Of Maidstone Road And South Of Stoney Lane Maidstone Road Rochester Kent ME1 3AU

  21/01497/CNA Submitted 25 May 2021 100 yards away

  Consultation by Medway Council (Reference: MC/21/1286): Change of use of land for operational depot including erection of building to provide office and welfare facilities (Use Class E), hard surfacing for the parking of vehicles and plant storage (Use Class B8), together with construction of new vehicular and pedestrian access onto Maidstone Road and Stoney Lane, other ancillary development including gatehouse, external lighting and landscaping

  Granted Outline 6 docs

• Land West Of Maidstone Road And South Of Stoney Lane Rochester ME1 3QZ

  MC/21/2434 Submitted 16 Aug 2021 250 yards away

  Application for non-material amendment to planning permission MC/19/2742 to reduce the length of the approved retaining wall structure internal to the site

  Granted Amendments 7 docs

• Land Adjacent Royal Mail Depot Bridgewood Site Maidstone Road Rochester ME1 3AU

  MC/20/0302 Submitted 4 Feb 2020 250 yards away

  Construction of a part single part 2 storey depot/workshop building with ancillary offices; access, parking, vehicle washing facilities and landscaping.

  Granted Full applications 62 docs

• Land Adjacent Royal Mail Depot Maidstone Road Blue Bell Hill Chatham Kent

  20/00368/CNA Submitted 13 Feb 2020 250 yards away

  Consultation by Medway Council: Construction of a part single part 2 storey depot/workshop building with ancillary offices; access, parking, vehicle washing facilities and landscaping. Medway reference MC/20/0302

  Decided Outline 11 docs

• Land West Of Maidstone Road And South Of Stoney Lane Rochester ME1 3QZ

  MC/21/1608 Submitted 1 Jun 2021 300 yards away

  Details purusant to condition 12 (Verification Report) on planning application MC/19/2742 for the change of use of land for a transport distribution hub (Use Class B8) together with construction of new vehicular access on Stoney Lane, improvements to both Stoney Lane and Rochester Road/Maidstone Road, levelling and hard surfacing of the site, stationing of a portable building to provide office and employee welfare facilities, and other ancillary development including external lighting.

  Granted Conditions 4 docs

• Bae Systems Airport Works Marconi Way Rochester Medway ME1 2XX

  MC/22/2990 Submitted 20 Dec 2022 350 yards away

  Outline application with some matters reserved (Appearance and Landscaping) for the redevelopment of the land associated with BAE Systems to include the provision of a new factory building, one office building and a new deep storage building, with ancillary car parking areas, alongside associated highways, fencing and access works, provision of new substation, waste storage compound, heat pump/chiller plant, pump house, sprinkler tanks and gate houses following demolition of the existing buildings bar Faraday building and Falcon building which will remain - resubmission of MC/21/2292

  Granted Outline Demolition 78 docs