Brompton Barracks Dock Road Chatham Medway ME4 4UG

MC/26/0498Certificate of Proposed UseApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 30 March 2026

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) for the replacement of existing palisade fence panels with JSP compliant fence. Fence to consist of standard 358 weld mesh to 3000mm Height, to be supported on 60x60 steel posts topped with Y Yoke. Top of fence to be completed with 6 No single strands barbed wire with concertina tape coil surmounted. Height not to exceed 4m. Complete with associated warning signage for razor tape. Colour to be RAL6005 Green to blend with tree line. Base to be excavated and concrete base lintel installed. Fence to follow the existing line of palisade and be installed between the Extant Masonry Columns. Original Cast Iron gates to be repainted with 358 Mesh and support posts to be installed offset and internally to the perimeter to provide the mandated closure of the perimeter and place anti climb measures to lamp posts adjacent to the fence but internal to our site.

Received: 12 March 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Medway Council
Ward: Chatham Central & Brompton

ReceivedReceived12 Mar
ValidatedValidated12 Mar
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date7 May
DecidedDecided30 Mar

Decided in 18 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for signage at Brompton Barracks Dock Road Chatham Medway ME4 4UG. Medway has handled 618 applications of this type. This one was decided in 18 days, 5 weeks quicker than Medway's typical decision time. The site is in the Brompton Lines conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 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.

89% of outline 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 4UG
Application type: Certificate of Proposed Use
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 12 March 2026
Target decision date: 7 May 2026
Permission expires: 30 March 2029

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant
Agent: Babcock Defence (Land)
Agent address: Brompton Barracks School Of Military Engineering Wood St Chatham Kent ME4 4UG

Planning decision

Case officer: Arron Nicholls
Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14608589
Comments: 0
Documents: 4
Constraints: 8

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Conservation area: Brompton Lines
Article 4 direction: Chatham Central & Brompton
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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