London Thamesport Grain Road Isle Of Grain Rochester ME3 0EP Data via plota.co.uk

MC/25/2545 - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Redevelopment of site to provide a cement storage facility including construction of silos, a warehouse and office together with laying of internal roads and parking, landscaping and drainage Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
30 Dec 2025
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Consultation
5 May 2026
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Approved
9 Jun 2026

Approved on 9 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 7 Jul 2026

Site constraints 5

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Nature improvement area: Greater Thames Marshes; Inside the Wallend built-up area; Priority habitat about 33 m away: Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 2 November 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Medway
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
ME3 0EP
Received
30 Dec 2025
Validated
30 Dec 2025
Ward
All Saints
Parish
St James Isle Of Grain
Case officer
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Target decision
9 Jun 2026
Decision
Approval with Conditions
Decision date
9 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Fortis Planning Ltd
Leaseholder
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How this decision compares

Decided in 161 days from validation, 105 days slower than Medway's median of 56 for commercial and major works. Approved, as 96% of commercial and major works here are.

65%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
37decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Medway in the last twelve months, from validation. Medway decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14586537
Planning Portal ref
PP-14586537
Neighbours
16 Jan 2026
Consultation
5 May 2026
Comments by
27 May 2026
Site or press notice
13 Jan 2026
Env. assessment
No
Medway
Planning Authority Score
9.2/10
Excellent
#3 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Medway is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #8 out of 296. Only 19% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (96%) than the national average (90%).

Among the fastest councils in England
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Medway decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
91%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #99 of 296
96%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #53 of 296
94%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #8 of 296
19%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #16 of 296
79%
Minor dwellings approved
106 decided (1-9 homes)
78%
Major dwellings approved
27 decided (10+ homes)
75%
Change of use approved
67 decided
999
Total decisions
88 refused in the year to March 2026

Leaseholders: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.