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45 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, BR3 4PR

24/01655/FULL1Full planning permissionRefused
Full

Refused on 21 August 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Raising ground floor joists to provide 5 additional units at basement level, together with changes to existing HMO to reduce the existing rooms to single occupancy creating a 17 person HMO, increase bicycle storage and creation of lightwells.

Received
1 May 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Clock House
Agent
SM Planning
  1. Received1 May
  2. Validated1 May
  3. Consult.3 Jul
  4. Target3 Jul
  5. Decided21 Aug

Decided in 112 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 45 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, BR3 4PR. Bromley has handled 8,588 applications of this type. This one was decided in 112 days, 8 weeks longer than Bromley's typical decision time. The site is in the Elm Road conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 103 applications across Clock House. We hold 1,249 applications in total for the BR3 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).

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Application details

Postcode
BR3 4PR
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 May 2024
Consultation expiry
3 July 2024
Consultation start
31 May 2024
Consultation end
3 July 2024
Neighbour consultation start
31 May 2024
Neighbour consultation end
21 June 2024
Last date for comments
3 July 2024
Target decision date
3 July 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
SM Planning
Agent address
80-83 Long Lane London EC1A 9ET

Planning decision

Statutory period
63 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 June 2024
Advertisement expiry
3 July 2024
Site notice start
11 June 2024
Site notice end
1 June 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12984632
Documents
25
Constraints
5

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 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Elm Road, Beckenham

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 (21)

flood storage 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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