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Merlewood Lodge, Merlewood Drive, Chislehurst, BR7 5LQ

23/03955/FULL6Householder planning permissionApproved
Householder

Approved on 31 January 2024

Council decision: GRANTEDDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Reduction in height and part conversion/redevelopment of existing outbuilding and former stable building to create a new triple garage to serve Merlewood Lodge

Received
17 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bickley & Sundridge
Agent
RE Planning LLP
  1. Received17 Oct
  2. Validated17 Oct
  3. Consult.7 Nov
  4. Target12 Dec
  5. Decided31 Jan

Decided in 106 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at Merlewood Lodge, Merlewood Drive, Chislehurst, BR7 5LQ. Bromley has handled 8,588 applications of this type. This one was decided in 106 days, 7 weeks longer than Bromley's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 146 applications across Bickley & Sundridge. We hold 2,672 applications in total for the BR7 postcode area.

77% of full applications at London Borough of Bromley were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
BR7 5LQ
Application type
Householder planning permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 October 2023
Consultation expiry
7 November 2023
Consultation start
17 October 2023
Consultation end
7 November 2023
Neighbour consultation start
17 October 2023
Neighbour consultation end
7 November 2023
Last date for comments
7 November 2023
Target decision date
12 December 2023
Permission expires
31 January 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
RE Planning LLP
Agent address
Downe House 303 High Street Orpington BR6 0NN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12396442
Documents
27
Constraints
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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.

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

Source: Bromley

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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