Former Police Section House East Road Historic Dockyard Chatham Medway ME4 4AF Data via plota.co.uk

Decided MC/25/1862
Admin / procedural
Council
Medway 9.2/10
Date received
17 Sept 2025
Date validated
17 Sept 2025
Postcode
ME4 4AF

Description

Details pursuant to condition 10 (Construction details) on planning permission for part demolition and conversion of the former police section house for exhibition space, cafe, meeting space, post-production studios, office and co-working space (mixed-use). The development of a digital production studio (Sui Generis) and the installation of rooftop PV panels. A single storey link extension, construction of vehicular access, substation, hard and soft landscaping and associated works Data via plota.co.uk

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Associated applications 6

Site constraints 8

Otterham Creek to Stoke Marshes across the site
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site; the route and its margin are protected.
Article 4 direction
Chatham Central & Brompton. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Scheduled monument about 33 m away: Chatham Dockyard, the Expense Account Department, Wages Division
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
3 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Police Section House, Grade II, about 33 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade II*, 2 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Conservation area about 11 m away: Chatham Historic Dockyard
The edge of the area; work outside it can still affect its setting.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Gillingham (Medway) built-up area; Priority habitat about 24 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 12 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Historical activity at this location

10 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Details pursuant to condition 3 (Condition Survey) on planning permission MC/23/1833 - Li…
MC/25/1859
2025 Approved
Details pursuant to condition 4 (Method statement) on planning permission MC/23/1833 List…
MC/25/1602
2024 Approved
Details pursuant to conditions 3 (CEMP), 7 (Arboricultural Method Statement) and 8 (Const…
MC/24/2283
2024 Approved
Details pursuant to conditions 4 (Programme of Archeological Work), 5 (Foundation Details…
MC/24/1399
2023 Approved
Part demolition and conversion of the former police section house for exhibition space, c…
MC/23/1834
2024 Approved
Details pursuant to condition 5 (Written Scheme of Investigation) on planning permission…
MC/24/0933
2023 Approved
Listed building consent application for the retention and alteration to brick pier and as…
MC/23/1833
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved
Busy Bees Day Nursery Brunel Way Chatham Maritime Chatham Medway ME4 4AF
T1 - Sycamore - Remove dead branches and tidy previously snapped out branch T2 - Sycamore…
CAN/24/0058
2023 Approved
Ground Floor The Observatory Brunel Way Chatham Maritime Chatham Medway ME4 4NT
Part retrospective application for the installation of 2 automatic car park barriers inco…
MC/23/0921
2018 Approved
Electricity Sub Station 4M From 13 Marc Brunel Way, 12M From Dock Road, Historic Dockyard Chatham Medway ME4 4BH
-Item 1: Fell 1x young Sycamore and 2x young Cherries marked with horizontal orange spray…
CAN/18/1295
Medway
Planning Authority Score
9.2/10
Excellent
#3 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Medway is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #8 out of 296. Only 19% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (96%) than the national average (90%).

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Medway decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
91%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #99 of 296
96%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #53 of 296
94%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #8 of 296
19%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #16 of 296
79%
Minor dwellings approved
106 decided (1-9 homes)
78%
Major dwellings approved
27 decided (10+ homes)
75%
Change of use approved
67 decided
999
Total decisions
88 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings