Whitewall Creek Water Treatment Works Upnor Road Upnor Rochester Medway ME2 4UX Data via plota.co.uk

MC/26/1231 - Prior Notification Telecommunications Approved
DemolitionTelecoms masts

Proposal

Prior approval under Part 16 Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended) for removal of existing TEF 17.5m high lattice tower on concrete base and installation of a TEF 20.0m high SWANN C5S5 tower on (4600x4600x1000) new concrete base, one C/W DELTA headframe, reserved antennas, supporting cabinets and associated ancillary works Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
26 Jun 2026
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Consultation
29 Jul 2026
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Approved
21 Aug 2026

Approved on 21 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 27 Aug 2026

Documents 4

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Case Officer Report Case Officer Report · 21 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF PRIOR APPROVAL REQ - APP - TELECOM Decision Notice · 21 Aug 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF REDACTED Application Form · 26 Jun 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF SSSI UPGRADE 2024 ENGLAND Supporting Documents · 26 Jun 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

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 ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 1. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
SSSI 172 m away: Tower Hill to Cockham Wood SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3.
Not affected
Not green belt · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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
Prior Notification Telecommunications
Postcode
ME2 4UX
Received
26 Jun 2026
Validated
26 Jun 2026
Ward
Strood Rural
Parish
Frindsbury Extra
Case officer
Show
Target decision
21 Aug 2026
Decision
Prior Approval Required - Approved
Decision date
21 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Agent
WHP

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 54 days. Approved, as 94% of demolitions here are.

87%decided within 8 weeks
94%approved
111decided in the last year

Plota live figures for demolitions decided by Medway in the last twelve months, from validation. Medway decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 27 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14654270
Planning Portal ref
PP-14654270
Consultation
29 Jul 2026
Comments by
19 Aug 2026
Site or press notice
21 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

5 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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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
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings