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Land West Of Grain Road And South Of West Lane Medway Power Station Grain Road Isle Of Grain Rochester Kent

Decided Medway MC/26/0065

Decided. The decision notice on the council portal carries the outcome in full, including any conditions.

Proposal

Details pursuant to condition 6 (Lighting Provision) on planning permission MC/19/3015 for Outline planning permission with some matters reserved (appearance landscaping layout and scale) for the construction and operation of converter station, substation, associated plant, equipment, cables and boundary treatment as part of an interconnector to create a link between the Great British and German electricity networks.

As published by the council, reference MC/26/0065

Application record

Reference
MC/26/0065
Status
Decided
Received
16 Jan 2026
Validated
16 Jan 2026
Decided
25 Feb 2026
Ward
All Saints
Parish
St James Isle Of Grain

Site history

Applications at this address on the Medway register

This site has had 9 applications since 2021: 5 approved, 0 refused.

  • MC/26/1908 Awaiting decision

    Land West Of Grain Road And South Of West Lane Medway Power Station Grain Road Isle Of Grain Rochester Kent

    Landfill remediation works comprising investigation, excavation and remediation of landfill margins, construction of an engineered clay containment trench, installation of a continuous capping system, drainage infrastructure, restoration soils and seeding, and associated works

    Submitted 5 Oct 2026
  • MC/26/0992 Decided

    Land West Of Grain Road And South Of West Lane Medway Power Station Grain Road Isle Of Grain Rochester Kent

    Details pursuant to condition 20 (CEMP) to re-discharge the condition with amended working hours on discharge of condition application MC/24/2282 - Details pursuant to condition 20 (CEMP) of planning decision MC/19/3015 (as amended by MC/21/2483 NMA) (Outline planning permission with some matters reserved (appearance landscaping layout and scale) for the construction and operation of converter station, substation, associated plant, equipment, cables and boundary treatment as part of an interconnector to create a link between the Great British and German electricity networks.)of outline application MC/19/3015

    Decided 16 Jun 2026
  • MC/24/2589 Granted

    Land West Of Grain Road And South Of West Lane Medway Power Station Grain Road Isle Of Grain Rochester Kent

    Details pursuant to condition 23 (Foundation Design) on planning application MC/19/3015 For Outline planning permission with some matters reserved (appearance landscaping layout and scale) for the construction and operation of converter station, substation, associated plant, equipment, cables and boundary treatment as part of an interconnector to create a link between the Great British and German electricity networks

    Decided 27 Jan 2025 Conditions
  • MC/24/2567 Granted

    Land West Of Grain Road And South Of West Lane Medway Power Station Grain Road Isle Of Grain Rochester Kent

    Details pursuant to condition 22 (Archaeological Field Evaluation Works) on planning permission MC/21/2483 - Application for non-material amendment to planning permission MC/19/3015 - to enable amendments to the wording of the decision notice to clarify points regarding phasing for discharge of conditions.

    Decided 27 Jan 2025 Conditions
  • MC/23/0734 Status unknown

    Land West Of Grain Road And South Of West Lane Medway Power Station Grain Road Isle Of Grain Rochester Kent

    Details pursuant to condition 5 (construction lighting), 9 (construction monitoring), 19 (piling restrictions), 20 (CEMP), 22 (archaeological field works), 23 (foundation design) and 24 (post excavation report) on planning permission MC/19/3015 Outline planning permission with some matters reserved (appearance landscaping layout and scale) for the construction and operation of converter station, substation, associated plant, equipment, cables and boundary treatment as part of an interconnector to create a link between the Great British and German electricity networks (HDD WORKS PHASE AND ONSHORE CABLE INSTALLATION PHASES ONLY)

    Submitted 27 Mar 2023 Conditions
  • MC/23/0724 Granted

    Land West Of Grain Road And South Of West Lane Medway Power Station Grain Road Isle Of Grain Rochester Kent

    Details pursuant to condition 21 (protection of public water supply) on planning permission MC/19/3015 - Outline planning permission with some matters reserved (appearance landscaping layout and scale) for the construction and operation of converter station, substation, associated plant, equipment, cables and boundary treatment as part of an interconnector to create a link between the Great British and German electricity networks.

    Decided 2 May 2023 Conditions
  • MC/23/0235 Granted

    Land West Of Grain Road And South Of West Lane Medway Power Station Grain Road Isle Of Grain Rochester Kent

    Details pursuant to condition 5 (construction lighting), 7 (SuDs details), 8 (SuDs maintenance), 14 (contamination), 15 (contamination), 20 (CEMP) and 22 (archaeological field evaluation) on planning permission MC/21/2483 for Application for non-material amendment to planning permission MC/19/3015 - to enable amendments to the wording of the decision notice to clarify points regarding phasing for discharge of conditions (ENABLING WORKS PHASE ONLY)

    Decided 28 Apr 2023 Conditions
  • MC/21/2483 Granted

    Land West Of Grain Road And South Of West Lane Medway Power Station Grain Road Isle Of Grain Rochester Kent

    Application for non-material amendment to planning permission MC/19/3015 - to enable amendments to the wording of the decision notice to clarify points regarding phasing for discharge of conditions.

    Decided 17 Sep 2021 Amendments

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 16 Jan 2026

    Received by Medway

  2. 25 Feb 2026

    Decision issued

  3. 7 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

  • Application: MC/19/3015 (Decided)
  • Application: MC/24/1253 (Decided)

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

4 documents on file for this application

  • DECISION NOTICE Decision Notice · 25 Feb 2026
  • REDACTED Application Form · 16 Jan 2026
  • OPERATIONAL LIGHTING MANAGEMENT PLAN Supporting Documents · 16 Jan 2026
  • NATIONAL GRID LETTER Supporting Documents · 16 Jan 2026

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