National Grid Property Holdings Limited Site Grain Road Isle Of Grain Rochester Kent Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Details pursuant to partial discharge of condition 12 (Operational Lighting) on planning permission for 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 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 Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Discharge of Conditions on 7 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026
Documents 2
Decision & officer reports 1
Application forms 1
Site constraints 7
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Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14758088
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14758088
- Consultation
- 12 Mar 2026
- Comments by
- 2 Apr 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
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