The building underwent anti-corrosion treatment in 2009. In October 2000 an arson attack, attended by 50 firemen and 8 appliances, caused smoke damage and a two-month closure of the Hall for repairs and redecoration.Herne Bay Gazette 4 October 2001: "Hall is back to its best after blaze" Pending functions including the East Kent Federation of Townswomen's Guilds pageant had to be rearranged.Herne Bay Gazette 5 October 2000: "Arson attack at King's Hall: blaze wrecks hall" In March 1991 The Council agreed to build a new £98,000 access road on the west side of the Hall, leading from Beacon Road; the cost was to include converting the cliff-top road to a promenade.Herne Bay Times 7 March 1991: "Access road for hall" In October 2001 the new access road to the Hall was being constructed.Herne Bay Gazette 5 October 2001: "Road all clear to Chicago".
