Land West Of Grain Road And South Of West Lane Medway Power Station Grain Road Isle Of Grain Rochester Kent
Proposal
Details pursuant to condition 6 (Lighting Provision) on planning permission MC/19/3015 for Outline planning permission with some matters reserved (appearance landscaping layout and scale) for the construction and operation of converter station, substation, associated plant, equipment, cables and boundary treatment as part of an interconnector to create a link between the Great British and German electricity networks.
- Received
- 16 January 2026
- Decided
- 25 February 2026 · Discharge of Conditions
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Medway Council
- Ward
- All Saints
- ReceivedSubmitted16 Jan
- ValidatedValidated16 Jan
- Consult.Consultation9 Feb
- TargetTarget Date13 Mar
- DecidedDecided25 Feb
Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)
This is an application to discharge conditions at Land West Of Grain Road And South Of West Lane Medway Power Station Grain Road Isle Of Grain Rochester Kent. Medway has handled 624 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 55 days. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks quicker than Medway's median. The site is in the Historic Rochester conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across All Saints.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20265 Oct
Landfill remediation works comprising investigation, excavation and remediation of landfill margins…
PendingApplicationMC/26/1908 - 202622 May
Details pursuant to condition 20 (CEMP) to re-discharge the condition with amended working hours on discharge…
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsMC/26/0992 - 202417 Jun
Application for a non-material amendment to Outline permission MC/19/3015
Approval with ConditionsNon-material amendmentMC/24/1253
Planning constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Historic Rochester
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, 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.
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Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
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