BP Oil UK Kent Terminal, Store Grain Road Isle Of Grain Rochester Medway ME3 0HA

1. 10 Sep 2026

   Received by Medway

2. 1 Oct 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 1 Oct 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 26 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.

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.

The published feed does not state which type of application this is; the register entry on Medway's portal will say. Our guide explains the common types.

• Thamesport Interchange Limited Land Grain Road Isle Of Grain Rochester ME3 0AB

  MC/26/1481 Submitted 5 Aug 2026 300 yards away

  Details pursuant to condition 7 (Construction Environmental Management Plan) on planning permission MC/25/2398 for the construction of a single storey detached storage building.

  Granted Conditions 5 docs
  Small domestic

• National Grid Grain Lng Terminal Grain Road Isle Of Grain Rochester ME3 0AB

  MC/26/1076 Submitted 8 Jun 2026 300 yards away

  Details pursuant to condition 1 (removal of buildings) on planning permission MC/21/0545 - Use of land as construction laydown and associated works for the new storage tank associated with Phase 3B

  Decided 4 docs

• National Grid Property Holdings Limited Site Grain Road Isle Of Grain Rochester ME3 0AB

  MC/25/1892 Submitted 23 Sep 2025 300 yards away

  Details pursuant to condition 28 (Decommissioning Plan) on planning permission MC/07/1683 - A full planning application related to the Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) storage, vaporisation and distribution facility, being alterations to development approved within the Northern Zone of planning approval MC/06/1428 comprising the relocation of the approved positions and new related equipment being; two LNG storage tanks, each having a capacity of 190,000 cubic metres; six additional submerged combustion vaporisers; and related infrastructure including (I) pipe racks connecting the new tanks to the existing site racks; (II) unloading line from the closest point to the tanks; (III) external tank pumps; (IV) boil off gas compressors; (V) an impounding basin; (VI) flow meters to monitor volume of natural gas; (VII) power connections for generated power; (VIII) provision of internal site access roads; (IX) 2.5m palisade security fence topped with barbed wire surrounding the new facilities and contiguous with the existing boundary fence; (X) a vent stack; (XI) a compressor shelter; (XII) a holding pond; and (XIII) an SCV circulation water tank

  Decided 2 docs
  Small domestic