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3 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, BR3 4ES

24/03929/CUETC3Prior approval Part 3 Class MA: Commercial, business and service uses to dwellinghousesApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 4 December 2024

Council decision: PRIOR APPROVAL IS REQUIRED AND GRANTEDDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use of ground floor from Class E (commercial) to Class C3 (Dwellinghouses) to form 4 flats, under Class MA, Part 3, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended) (56 day application for prior approval in respect of transport and highways impacts, contamination risks, flood risk, noise impacts, character or sustainability of a conservation area, provision of natural light to habitable rooms, impact on an area of general or heavy industry, impact of loss of services provided by a registered nursery or a health centre, fire safety impacts).

Received
15 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Clock House
Agent
Architects Plus
  1. Received15 Oct
  2. Validated15 Oct
  3. Consult.19 Nov
  4. Target19 Nov
  5. Decided4 Dec

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 3 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, BR3 4ES. Bromley has handled 2,558 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than Bromley's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications 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 outline 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 4ES
Application type
Prior approval Part 3 Class MA: Commercial, business and service uses to dwellinghouses
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 October 2024
Consultation expiry
19 November 2024
Consultation start
29 October 2024
Consultation end
19 November 2024
Neighbour consultation start
21 October 2024
Neighbour consultation end
11 November 2024
Last date for comments
19 November 2024
Target decision date
19 November 2024
Permission expires
4 December 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Architects Plus
Agent address
The Grange Market Square Westerham TN16 1HB

Planning decision

Statutory period
35 days

Publicity

Site notice start
28 October 2024
Site notice end
18 November 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13477307
Documents
17
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Brownfield land register: 3 Beckenham Road, BR3 4ESRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (21)

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 and heritage coasts.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    10 Feb

    Details submitted to comply with the requirements of the following conditions relating to planning permission…

    Decision for Planning ConditionsDischarge of conditions24/03929/CONDIT
  2. 2024
    15 Oct

    Change of use of ground floor from Class E (commercial) to Class C3 (Dwellinghouses) to form 4 flats, under…

    This applicationApprovedOutline24/03929/CUETC3

Source: Bromley

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