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Waldens Farm, Crockenhill Road, Swanley, BR8 8EP

25/00447/ELUDLawful development: Existing useRefused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 2 September 2025

Council decision: EXISTING USE/DEVELOPMENT IS NOT LAWFULDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Removal of moveable storage building, retention of 20 mobile/moveable storage containers, moveable office building and continued use under Use Class B8 (Storage and Distribution) with associated vehicle parking, servicing and delivery space EXISTING LAWFUL USE CERTIFICATE.

Received
5 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Mary Cray
Agent
Get Planning and Architecture Ltd
  1. Received5 Feb
  2. Validated11 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target8 Apr
  5. Decided2 Sep

Decided in 203 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Waldens Farm, Crockenhill Road, Swanley, BR8 8EP. Bromley has handled 942 applications of this type. This one was decided in 209 days, 22 weeks longer than Bromley's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 77 applications across St Mary Cray. We hold 251 applications in total for the BR8 postcode area.

73% of amendment 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
BR8 8EP
Application type
Lawful development: Existing use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 February 2025
Target decision date
8 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Get Planning and Architecture Ltd
Architect profile
GET PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE LTD
Agent address
Burgate 63 Cedar Road Sutton SM2 5DJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal history

3376671
Allowed
Type: Lawful Development CertificateProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 7 August 2026Dev Type: Major general industry/storage/warehousingReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13704142
Documents
22
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Bromley
  • 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, 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

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