Bae, Marconi Avionics, Marconi Way, Rochester, Medway, ME1 2XX

This site has had 3 applications since 2021.

• 21/02296/CNA Decided

  BAE Marconi Avionics Marconi Way Rochester Medway ME1 2XX

  Consultation by Medway District Council (Reference: MC/21/2291) : Enabling works comprising demolition of existing buildings followed by remediation works, construction of a new substation and waste storage compound, fencing, construction / extension / improvement of car parking areas and reconfiguration of site entrance

  Decided 11 Apr 2022 Outline
• 21/02297/CNA Decided

  BAE Marconi Avionics Marconi Way Rochester Medway ME1 2XX

  Consultation by Medway District Council (Reference: MC/21/2292) :Outline application with some matters reserved (Appearance and Landscaping) for the redevelopment of the land associated with BAE Systems to include the provision of a new factory building, PPS building, 2 no. office buildings and a deep storage building, with ancillary car parking areas, alongside associated highways and access works, provision of new substation, waste storage compound, heat pump / chiller plant, pump house, sprinkler tanks and gate houses following demolition of the existing buildings bar Faraday building and Falcon building which will remain (outline application with matters of access, scale and layout applied for)

  Decided 11 Apr 2022 Outline

1. 3 Jun 2025

   Received by Tonbridge and Malling

2. 29 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 29 July 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

   Tonbridge and Malling took a median of 62 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

This application is with Tonbridge and Malling for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Tonbridge and Malling decided outline applications in a median of 69 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

An outline application tests the principle of developing a site, holding back details such as appearance and landscaping as reserved matters for later approval. More in our guide to planning application types.

• BAE Systems Marconi Way Rochester Medway ME1 2XX

  MC/24/2253 Submitted 4 Nov 2024 50 yards away

  Application for a non-material amendment to planning permission MC/21/2291 - to amend condition 9 (disposal of surface water) to allow demolition before a scheme showing details of the disposal of surface water within that phase, based on sustainable drainage principles and including details of the design, implementation, maintenance and management of the surface water drainage scheme, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority

  Granted Amendments Demolition 4 docs

• Airport Works, BAE Systems Marconi Way Rochester Medway ME1 2XX

  MC/26/0525 Submitted 16 Mar 2026 50 yards away

  Retrospective application for the installation of a two storey portakabin office building

  Granted Full applications 10 docs

• Airport Works BAE Systems Marconi Way Rochester Medway ME1 2XX

  MC/24/2406 Submitted 27 Nov 2024 50 yards away

  Prior Notification under Schedule 2 Part 11 Class B of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for demolition of the Falcon building

  Granted Other Demolition 11 docs

• BAE Marconi Avionics Marconi Way Rochester Medway ME1 2XX

  MC/26/0099 Submitted 22 Jan 2026 50 yards away

  Application for a non-material amendments to both substations - 1) Main Intake Building (adjacent to waste storage area) (originally approved under MC/21/2291 - enabling works) and 2) North Car Park Substation (originally approved under NMA MC/22/2794)

  Decided 8 docs

• BAE Systems Airport Works Marconi Way Rochester Medway ME1 2XX

  MC/26/0491 Submitted 11 Mar 2026 50 yards away

  Reserved matters application for the appearance and landscaping of the deep store building, guard house and associated works including a new central car park and staff amenity area including details for conditions 5 (LEMP) and 21 (energy efficiency) pursuant to outline permission MC/22/2990 (as amended by MC/25/0412) (outline application with some matters reserved (appearance and landscaping) for the redevelopment of the land associated with BAE Systems to include the provision of a new factory building, one office building and a new deep storage building, with ancillary car parking areas, alongside associated highways, fencing and access works, provision of new substation, waste storage compound, heat pump/chiller plant, pump house, sprinkler tanks and gate houses following demolition of the existing buildings bar Faraday building which will remain - resubmission of MC/21/2292)

  Decided Demolition 50 docs

• Bae Systems Airport Works Marconi Way Rochester Medway ME1 2XX

  MC/22/2990 Submitted 20 Dec 2022 50 yards away

  Outline application with some matters reserved (Appearance and Landscaping) for the redevelopment of the land associated with BAE Systems to include the provision of a new factory building, one office building and a new deep storage building, with ancillary car parking areas, alongside associated highways, fencing and access works, provision of new substation, waste storage compound, heat pump/chiller plant, pump house, sprinkler tanks and gate houses following demolition of the existing buildings bar Faraday building and Falcon building which will remain - resubmission of MC/21/2292

  Granted Outline Demolition 78 docs

• 25/01490/RD Split decision

  Broadwater Hall 52 Broadwater Road West Malling Kent ME19 6HX

  (A) Details of conditions 3 (external materials), 4 (levels), 5 (services), 6 (tree protection), 7 (landscaping), 13 (parking) and 14 (cycle storage) submitted pursuant to planning permission TM/24/02056/PA (Demolition of existing stabling complex and construction of a replacement single dwellinghouse and double garage, landscaping and ecological enhancement scheme) (B) Details of conditions 9 (drainage strategy) and 12 (biodiversity enhancement) submitted pursuant to planning permission TM/24/02056/PA (Demolition of existing stabling complex and construction of a replacement single dwellinghouse and double garage, landscaping and ecological enhancement scheme)

  Received 10 Sep, published by the council 29 Jul 2026 Outline
• 26/00974/RD Granted

  Stags Head 9 Stafford Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1HT

  Details of condition 6 ( Archaeological Post Excavation), condition 14 (Desktop Study) and condition 15 (Site Investigation ) pursuant to planning permission TM/24/00201/FL Demolition of existing buildings and erection of six three-bed dwellings

  Received 20 May, published by the council 29 Jul 2026 Outline
• 26/01028/RD Granted

  Dunsmore 10 Hadlow Park Hadlow Tonbridge Kent TN11 0HX

  Details of condition 4A (Dimensioned Tree Protection plan) 4B (Dimensioned Tree Protection Plan) 5A (soft and Hard landscaping) 5B(Planting and seeding season) 5C (Tree replacement) pursuant to planning permission TM/26/00395/FL Two storey side/rear extension and conversion of garage to habitable room

  Received 29 May, published by the council 29 Jul 2026 Outline
• 26/00630/RD Granted

  The Scared Crow 79 Offham Road West Malling Kent ME19 6RB

  Details of condition 3 (Materials) 4 (Cycle Storage) 5 (Waste Management) 6 (Demolition and Construction Management) 7( Promote and Enhance Bio-diversity) pursuant to planning permission TM/26/00126/FL Change of use of public house to form a 3 bed dwelling

  Received 7 Apr, published by the council 29 Jul 2026 Outline
• 26/00927/RD Granted

  Lawn Farm Beech Road Mereworth Maidstone Kent ME18 5QT

  Details of Conditions 8 (Ecological Watching Brief) and 10 (Foul Drainage) pursuant to planning permission TM/25/02129/FL (Section 73 application to vary conditions 2 (Plans list), 4 (Hard and soft landscaping) and 6 (Parking) of planning permission TM/23/01542/FL (Change of use and conversion of redundant agricultural store to residential dwelling with new internal mezzanine floor, associated external alterations and landscaping) to amend the approved access arrangements creating a new private drive serving the proposed barn conversion.

  Received 14 May, published by the council 29 Jul 2026 Outline