The Brook Theatre Old Town Hall The Brook Chatham Medway ME4 4SE
Approved on 31 July 2026
Council decision: Approval with Conditions3 conditions
Proposal
Listed building consent for refurbishment and upgrading works including structural repairs and fire safety
- Received
- 20 May 2026
- Council
- Medway Council
- Ward
- Chatham Central & Brompton
- Agent
- Bailey Partnership
- ReceivedReceived20 May
- ValidatedValidated21 May
- Consult.Consultation16 Jun
- TargetTarget Date16 Jul
- DecidedDecided31 Jul
Decided in 71 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a heritage application at The Brook Theatre Old Town Hall The Brook Chatham Medway ME4 4SE. Medway has handled 49 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 2 weeks longer 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.
94% of heritage 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
- Listed Buildings Alterations
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Not Available
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 May 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 18 June 2026
- Consultation start
- 26 May 2026
- Consultation end
- 16 June 2026
- Last date for comments
- 18 June 2026
- Target decision date
- 16 July 2026
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
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 4 June 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 18 June 2026
Site constraints
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 (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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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.
© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
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Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 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 - 20264 Mar
Details pursuant to condition 10a and 10b (Basement Structural Repairs) 15b (Ground Floor Structural Works)…
Discharge of ConditionsDischarge of conditionsMC/26/0434 - 202519 Dec
Details pursuant to conditions 4 i (Details of the proposed steel tower structure for plant in the light…
Discharge of ConditionsDischarge of conditionsMC/25/2506
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