Former Kingsnorth Power Station Power Station Access Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9NQ
Approved on 4 April 2024
Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Non-Material Amendment to Outline Planning Permission ref. MC/21/0979 to vary conditions 8, 45 and 46 in relation to the Energy Centre to facilitate the generation of the full permitted amount of power at the site (49.9MW).
- Received
- 22 March 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Medway Council
- Ward
- Hoo St Werburgh & High Halstow
- ReceivedReceived22 Mar
- ValidatedValidated22 Mar
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date19 Apr
- DecidedDecided4 Apr
Decided in 13 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Former Kingsnorth Power Station Power Station Access Road Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Medway ME3 9NQ. Medway has handled 235 applications of this type. This one was decided in 13 days, 6 weeks quicker than Medway's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 82 applications across Hoo St Werburgh & High Halstow. We hold 1,082 applications in total for the ME3 postcode area.
94% of amendment applications at Medway Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- ME3 9NQ
- Application type
- App for Non-Material Amendments
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Hoo St. Werburgh
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 March 2024
- Target decision date
- 19 April 2024
- Permission expires
- 4 April 2029
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Stantec
- Agent address
- 2 Kings Hill Avenue Kings Hill ME19 4AQ
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Planning Consultant
- Statutory period
- 28 days
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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Planning history at this site
6 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20269 Nov
Details pursuant to condition 5 (Phasing Plan) on planning permission MC/21/0979
PendingDischarge of conditionsMC/26/2129 - 20269 Nov
Application for non-material amendment to planning permission MC/21/0979
PendingNon-material amendmentMC/26/2153 - 202628 Oct
Details pursuant to conditions 19 (CEMP), 25 (Construction surface water management plan), 32 (HGV and LGV…
PendingDischarge of conditionsMC/26/2075 - 20269 Oct
Application for non-material amendment to planning permission MC/21/0979
ApprovedNon-material amendmentMC/26/1944 - 20261 Oct
Application for approval of reserved matters being Access, Appearance, Landscape, Scale and Layout for part…
PendingReserved mattersMC/26/1894 - 20263 Jul
Reserved matters application to consider matters of (appearance, layout, landscaping and scale) together with…
PendingReserved mattersMC/26/1275
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