Kingsnorth Power Station Power Station Access Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9NQ

This site has had 6 applications since 2024: 1 approved, 0 refused.

• 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

  Submitted 1 Oct 2026
• 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

  Submitted 10 Sep 2026
• MC/26/1275 Status unknown

  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

  Submitted 3 Jul 2026 Reserved matters
• 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

  Decided 9 Jul 2026
• 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.

  Decided 13 Dec 2024 Amendments

1. 8 Oct 2026

   Received by Medway

2. 9 Oct 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 3 December 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.

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• Kingsnorth Power Station Power Station Access Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9NQ

  MC/26/1895 Submitted 1 Oct 2026 50 yards away

  72% 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

• Former Kingsnorth Power Station Power Station Access Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9NQ

  MC/26/1894 Submitted 1 Oct 2026 50 yards away

  72% 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

  MC/26/1742 Submitted 10 Sep 2026 50 yards away

  72% 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

• Kingsnorth Power Station Power Station Access Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9NQ

  MC/26/0829 Submitted 1 May 2026 50 yards away

  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

  MC/24/2229 Submitted 30 Oct 2024 50 yards away

  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

  MC/26/1275 Submitted 3 Jul 2026 50 yards away

  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

  Status unknown Reserved matters Demolition Trees 51 docs