The Brook Theatre Old Town Hall The Brook Chatham Medway ME4 4SE
Approved on 30 January 2026
Council decision: Discharge of ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Details pursuant to conditions 4 i (Details of the proposed steel tower structure for plant in the light well.), 7 (Details of the basement works), 12 (Ground floor works), 15 a (Drawn details of the structural works required to resolve the underlying cause of the cracking to the brick arch lintel and bowing in the external wall, and the repairs to remedy the cracking and bowing for Room G19;), 15 e (Drawn details of the repairs or construction of a replacement lift shaft wall for Room G15;), 15 f (Drawn details of the repairs and replacement lintels for Room G4; ), 15 g (Details of the plaster repair methodology and the drawn details of the repairs to the wall and ceiling for Room G17), 15 h (Details of the repair to resolve the cracking in the wall for Room G1;), 15 i (Details of the repairs to the decorative plasterwork for Room G18;), 15 k (Drawn details (existing and proposed) showing the alterations to the existing doorway, decorative surround and proposed door to the Box Office Foyer; ), 16 (Ground floor sesame lifts), 17 (First floor schedule of works), 22 (second floor/ roof schedule of works) and 26 (second floor/ roof crack in wall ), on planning permission MC/24/0336 for Listed Building Consent for the refurbishment and upgrading of Brook Theatre, including structural repairs and fire safety works.
- Received
- 19 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Medway Council
- Ward
- Chatham Central & Brompton
- Agent
- Bailey Partnership
- ReceivedReceived19 Dec
- ValidatedValidated19 Dec
- Consult.Consultation16 Jan
- TargetTarget Date13 Feb
- DecidedDecided30 Jan
Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to discharge conditions at The Brook Theatre Old Town Hall The Brook Chatham Medway ME4 4SE. Medway has handled 623 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than Medway's typical decision time. The site is in the Brompton Lines conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 113 applications across Chatham Central & Brompton. We hold 450 applications in total for the ME4 postcode area.
97% of conditions applications at Medway Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- ME4 4SE
- Application type
- Discharge Condition
- Scale / size
- Large
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 16 January 2026
- Consultation start
- 23 December 2025
- Consultation end
- 16 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 16 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 13 February 2026
- Permission expires
- 30 January 2031
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Bailey Partnership
- Agent address
- Unit 1 Hermitage Court Hermitage Lane Maidstone Kent ME16 9NT
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Jacky Olsen
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Brompton Lines
- Article 4 direction: Chatham Central & Brompton
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, 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.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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Planning history at this site
6 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202614 Aug
Listed Building Consent for the refurbishment and upgrading of Brook Theatre, including structural repairs…
ApprovedListed building consentMC/26/1551 - 202620 Jul
Part-retrospective repositioning of the ASHP and main theatre ventilation ductwork to 2nd floor roof…
PendingApplicationMC/26/1229 - 20261 Jul
Details pursuant to conditions 6(d) (Details of the replacement rear lift shaft), 15(c) (Details of the…
Discharge of ConditionsDischarge of conditionsMC/26/1256 - 202626 Jun
Listed building consent for refurbishment and upgrading of Brook Theatre, including structural repairs and…
PendingListed building consentMC/26/1230 - 202620 May
Listed building consent for refurbishment and upgrading works including structural repairs and fire safety
ApprovedListed building consentMC/26/0967 - 20264 Mar
Details pursuant to condition 10a and 10b (Basement Structural Repairs) 15b (Ground Floor Structural Works)…
Discharge of ConditionsDischarge of conditionsMC/26/0434
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