Old Town Hall, The Brook Theatre The Brook Chatham Medway ME4 4SE
Approved on 14 October 2026
Council decision: Approval with Conditions4 conditions
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Proposal
Listed Building Consent for the refurbishment and upgrading of Brook Theatre, including structural repairs and fire safety works. Additional items required redesigning from the original planning application.
- Received
- 14 August 2026
- Public comments
- 0 · last counted 6 November 2026
- Council
- Medway Council
- Ward
- Chatham Central & Brompton
- ReceivedReceived14 Aug
- ValidatedValidated14 Aug
- Consult.Consultation10 Sep
- TargetTarget Date14 Oct
- DecidedDecided14 Oct
Decided in 61 days
About this application
This is a planning application at Old Town Hall, The Brook Theatre The Brook Chatham Medway ME4 4SE. Medway has handled 5,390 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 5 days longer than Medway's typical decision time. The site is in the Brompton Lines conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.
Application details
- Postcode
- ME4 4SE
- Parish
- Not Available
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 August 2026
- Consultation end
- 10 September 2026
- Target decision date
- 14 October 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Jacky Olsen
Additional information
- Documents
- 27
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
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 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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