Planning application
Kingsnorth Power Station Power Station Access Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9NQ
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Proposal
Reserved matters application to consider matters of (appearance, layout, landscaping and scale) together with details to seek discharge of conditions 11 (Materials), 12 (Brick plinth), 13 (Hard and Soft landscaping), 14 (Tree survey), 15 (Landscape management plan), 16 (Boundary treatment), 17 (Landscape and Ecological management plan), 27 (Cycle storage), 29 (Refuse storage), 30 (Layout), 31 (Vehicle parking management plan), 38 (Ventilation and extraction) and 40 (Climate change and Energy efficiency statement) pursuant to outline permission MC/21/0979 - Construction of flexible EG (iii)/B2/B8 use class buildings, sui generis uses for energy uses and a lorry park, together with servicing, parking, landscaping, drainage, remediation, demolition and earthworks
As published by the council, reference MC/26/1275
Application record
- Reference
- MC/26/1275
- Type
- Approval of Reserved Matters
- Received
- 3 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 3 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Hoo St Werburgh & High Halstow
- Parish
- Hoo St. Werburgh
- Postcode
- ME3 9NQ
Site history
Applications at this address on the Medway register
This site has had 7 applications since 2024: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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MC/26/2075 Awaiting decision
Kingsnorth Power Station Power Station Access Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9NQ
Details pursuant to conditions 19 (CEMP), 25 (Construction surface water management plan), 32 (HGV and LGV routing plans) and 36 (Waste management plan) on planning permission MC/21/0979 - Outline planning application with all matters reserved except access (to be taken from Eschol Road) for the construction of flexible EG (iii)/B2/B8 use class buildings, sui generis uses for energy uses and a lorry park, together with servicing, parking, landscaping, drainage, remediation, demolition and earthworks
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MC/26/1931 Awaiting decision
Kingsnorth Power Station Power Station Access Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9NQ
Details pursuant to condition 39 (Air Quality Emissions Mitigation Statement) and condition 46 (a and b) on planning permission MC/21/0979 for outline consent with all matters reserved except access (to be taken from Eschol Road) for the construction of flexible EG (iii)/B2/B8 use class buildings, sui generis uses for energy uses and a lorry park, together with servicing, parking, landscaping, drainage, remediation, demolition and earthworks
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MC/26/1895 Awaiting decision
Kingsnorth Power Station Power Station Access Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9NQ
Details pursuant to condition 18 (External lighting) on planning permission MC/21/0979 - Outline planning application with all matters reserved except access (to be taken from Eschol Road) for the construction of flexible EG (iii)/B2/B8 use class buildings, sui generis uses for energy uses and a lorry park, together with servicing, parking, landscaping, drainage, remediation, demolition and earthworks
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MC/26/1742 Awaiting decision
Kingsnorth Power Station Power Station Access Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9NQ
Details pursuant to condition 24 (Archaeological work) on planning permission MC/21/0979 for Outline planning application with all matters reserved except access (to be taken from Eschol Road) for the construction of flexible EG (iii)/B2/B8 use class buildings, sui generis uses for energy uses and a lorry park, together with servicing, parking, landscaping, drainage, remediation, demolition and earthworks
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MC/26/0829 Decided
Kingsnorth Power Station Power Station Access Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9NQ
Details pursuant to conditions 36 (Waste Management Plan) and 45 (Waste Hierarchy Study) on planning permission MC/21/0979 - Outline planning application with all matters reserved except access (to be taken from Eschol Road) for the construction of flexible EG (iii)/B2/B8 use class buildings, sui generis uses for energy uses and a lorry park, together with servicing, parking, landscaping, drainage, remediation, demolition and earthworks
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MC/24/2229 Granted
Kingsnorth Power Station Power Station Access Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9NQ
Non-Material Amendment to Outline planning permission ref. MC/21/0979 to increase the amount of B8 (data centre) floorspace within the approved development parameters whilst retaining the overall maximum built floorspace amount and; changes to the Parameter plan in relation to the green corridor.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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3 Jul 2026
Received by Medway
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27 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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7 Aug 2026
Status changed to Registered
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 28 August 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Medway took a median of 55 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: MC/21/0979 (Decided)
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
51 documents on file for this application
- STATUTORY - KCC BIODIVERSITY
- STATUTORY - NATURAL ENGLAND
- STATUTORY - NATURAL ENGLAND
- STATUTORY - SGN - PART 1
- STATUTORY - SGN - PART 2
- STATUTORY - SGN - PART 3
- STATUTORY - UKPN - PART 1
- STATUTORY - UKPN - PART 2
- STATUTORY - UKPN - PART 3
- STATUTORY - NATIONAL GRID ELECTRICITY - PART 1
- STATUTORY - NATIONAL GRID ELECTRICITY - PART 2
- STATUTORY - NATIONAL GRID ELECTRICITY - PART 3
- STATUTORY - NATIONAL GRID ELECTRICITY - PART 4
- STATUTORY - NATIONAL GRID ELECTRICITY - PART 5
- PLANNING CONSULTANT
- STATUTORY - ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
- HABITAT REGULATIONS ASSESSMENT (HRA)
- STATUTORY - NATURAL ENGLAND
- MIXED - P LIPPIATT
- STATUTORY - SOUTHERN WATER - PART 1
- STATUTORY - SOUTHERN WATER - PART 2
- STATUTORY - NATIONAL HIGHWAYS
- STATUTORY - ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
- STATUTORY - SGN - PART 1
- STATUTORY - SGN - PART 2
- STATUTORY - SGN - PART 3
- REDACTED
- SITE PLAN
- LOCATION PLAN
- PLANNING SUPPORT STATEMENT
- FAILURE TO DOWNLOAD
- CIL FORM
- SECTIONS AA, LOCATION PLAN AND PLAN1
- INTERNAL ROAD GENERAL ARRANGEMENT AND DETAILS
- DRAINAGE LAYOUT
- CABLE TROUGH DETAILS
- PERIMETER FENCE
- CAR PARK DETAILS
- SUPER GRID TRANSFORMER
- EARTHING TRANSFORMER
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED SITE LEVELS
- GENERAL FLOOR PLAN AND ELEVATIONS
- GRID SUPPLY ELEVATIONS
- PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL
- ECOLOGICAL TECHNICAL NOTE
- ARBORICULTURAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- ARBORICULTURAL METHOD STATEMENT FOR TREE PROTECTION
- WINTERING BIRD SURVEY REPORT
- LANDSCAPE AND ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT PLAN
- PLANTING PLAN
- EXTRACTED FROM KINGSNORTH ARTICLE 13 NOTICE_2.04
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About reserved matters applications
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Kingsnorth Power Station Power Station Access Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9NQ
Non-Material Amendment to Outline planning permission ref. MC/21/0979 to increase the amount of B8 (data centre) floorspace within the approved development parameters whilst retaining the overall maximum built floorspace amount and; changes to the Parameter plan in relation to the green corridor.
Granted Amendments 8 docs -
Kingsnorth Power Station Power Station Access Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9NQ
71% historically approved · decision due ~26 Nov
Details pursuant to condition 18 (External lighting) on planning permission MC/21/0979 - Outline planning application with all matters reserved except access (to be taken from Eschol Road) for the construction of flexible EG (iii)/B2/B8 use class buildings, sui generis uses for energy uses and a lorry park, together with servicing, parking, landscaping, drainage, remediation, demolition and earthworks
Awaiting decision Demolition 7 docs -
Kingsnorth Power Station Power Station Access Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9NQ
71% historically approved · decision due ~3 Dec
Details pursuant to condition 39 (Air Quality Emissions Mitigation Statement) and condition 46 (a and b) on planning permission MC/21/0979 for outline consent with all matters reserved except access (to be taken from Eschol Road) for the construction of flexible EG (iii)/B2/B8 use class buildings, sui generis uses for energy uses and a lorry park, together with servicing, parking, landscaping, drainage, remediation, demolition and earthworks
Awaiting decision Demolition -
Former Kingsnorth Power Station Power Station Access Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9NQ
71% historically approved · decision due ~26 Nov
Application for approval of reserved matters being Access, Appearance, Landscape, Scale and Layout for part of the site-wide infrastructure including spine road, associated landscaping, drainage and lighting pursuant to Outline Planning Permission ref. MC/21/0979 for the construction of flexible EG (iii)/B2/B8 use class buildings, sui generis uses for energy uses and a lorry park, together with servicing, parking, landscaping, drainage, remediation, demolition and earthworks.
Awaiting decision Demolition 66 docs -
Kingsnorth Power Station Power Station Access Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9NQ
71% historically approved · decision due ~23 Dec
Details pursuant to conditions 19 (CEMP), 25 (Construction surface water management plan), 32 (HGV and LGV routing plans) and 36 (Waste management plan) on planning permission MC/21/0979 - Outline planning application with all matters reserved except access (to be taken from Eschol Road) for the construction of flexible EG (iii)/B2/B8 use class buildings, sui generis uses for energy uses and a lorry park, together with servicing, parking, landscaping, drainage, remediation, demolition and earthworks
Awaiting decision Demolition 6 docs -
Kingsnorth Power Station Power Station Access Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9NQ
71% historically approved · decision due ~5 Nov
Details pursuant to condition 24 (Archaeological work) on planning permission MC/21/0979 for Outline planning application with all matters reserved except access (to be taken from Eschol Road) for the construction of flexible EG (iii)/B2/B8 use class buildings, sui generis uses for energy uses and a lorry park, together with servicing, parking, landscaping, drainage, remediation, demolition and earthworks
Awaiting decision Demolition 3 docs
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