Planning application
Kingsnorth Power Station Power Station Access Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9NQ
Works: Demolition
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
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
As published by the council, reference MC/26/1742
Application record
- Reference
- MC/26/1742
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 10 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 10 Sep 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 4 applications since 2024: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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MC/26/1275 Awaiting decision
Kingsnorth Power Station Power Station Access Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9NQ
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
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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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10 Sep 2026
Received by Medway
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10 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 5 November 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)
- Application: MC/26/0829 (Decided)
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
3 documents on file for this application
- REDACTED
- SITE BOUNDARY PLAN-(1-10000 A2)
- GEOARCHAEOLOGICAL BOREHOLE EVALUATION WSI
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Medway for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Medway's median decision took 55 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About this record
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Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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Kingsnorth Power Station Power Station Access Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9NQ
72% historically approved · decision due ~28 Aug
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
Awaiting decision Demolition Trees 51 docs -
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
Decided Demolition 5 docs -
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