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Information for Medway Energy Centre, MedwayOne Energy Hub, Site of the Former Kingsnorth Power Station, Hoo St Werburgh, Rochester, Medway

Status: Potential
Planning Region: South East
Planning Sub-Region: Kent
Operator: Indaver / Low Carbon / Uniper
Capacity: 606,000
Campaign Group(s): Contact coordinator@ukwin.org.uk to be put in touch with those opposing this development.
Notes: RDF/SRF incinerator granted outline planning permission by Medway council in August 2023 (MC/21/0979). Various reserved matters approved in July 2024 (MC/24/0489 and MC/24/0421). Advertised as being planned to have a 49 MW capacity. ENDS reported in December 2024 that this project had yet to reach financial close [Source]. In August 2025 the Environment Agency issued an environmental permit for the site (EPR/DP3126SA/A001) with a permitted capacity of 606,000 tonnes per year and a waste type of "RDF & SRF". In February 2026 Indaver announced that it had e[Source] "secured exclusive rights to acquire the Medway Energy Centre, from Low Carbon" and that "Indaver is also in advanced discussions with a leading EPC contractor to provide design, build and construction services" [Source] (Entry updated 2026-04-20)

Permit files:

325-Permit-2025.pdf

Permit Decision files:

325-PermitDecision-2025.pdf

Planning Consent files:

325-PlanningConsent-2023.pdf

Planning Consent Variation files:

325-PlanningConsentVariation-2024.pdf

Environment Agency Compliance Assessment Reports

Click here to see the incinerator compliance documents for existing English incinerators

Standard notice:

UKWIN (and therefore the UKWIN map) focuses on Municipal Waste Incinerators, whereas our colleagues at Biofuelwatch focus on biomass projects. If you are interested in biomass incinerators (including waste wood plants) over 20MW then please see the Biofuelwatch map of UK Biomass Power Stations. Those concerned about biomass plants, including waste wood plants, should email Biofuelwatch at biofuelwatch[at]gmail.com.

Please be aware: There is always room for improvement, so please send updates to coordinator@ukwin.org.uk. Existing Incinerator means a facility that is operational or under construction/commissioning. A Potential Incinerator is a facility where there is a proposal for an incinerator (e.g. planning application or planning consent) or other reason to believe an incinerator might be built/proposed in the future. A Prevented Incinerator is something which used to be a proposal or expected incinerator which we do not believe is currently being progressed (e.g. because the project was cancelled, planning permission refused, or years have gone by since the permission was granted without any progress) - in some cases a facility marked as prevented is being progressed without us being aware or is subsequently revived. Capacity is usually the permitted or maximum advertised capacity of the facility.