37 College Road Bromley BR1 3PU

25/01346/CUETC3Class E to Use Class C3 - DwellinghouseApproved

Prior approval

Approved on 23 May 2025

Council decision: Grant Prior ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Change of use of lower ground floor from Use Class E (Commercial, Business and Service) to Use Class C3 (Dwellinghouses) to form 1 residential unit, 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: 4 April 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: London Borough of Bromley
Ward: Plaistow

ReceivedReceived4 Apr
ValidatedValidated4 Apr
Consult.Consultation30 Apr
TargetTarget Date30 May
DecidedDecided23 May

Decided in 49 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 37 College Road Bromley BR1 3PU. Bromley has handled 18,649 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Bromley's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 74 applications across Plaistow. We hold 2,801 applications in total for the BR1 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode: BR1 3PU
Application type: Class E to Use Class C3 - Dwellinghouse
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 4 April 2025
Consultation expiry: 15 May 2025
Consultation start: 9 April 2025
Consultation end: 30 April 2025
Neighbour consultation start: 9 April 2025
Neighbour consultation end: 30 April 2025
Last date for comments: 15 May 2025
Target decision date: 30 May 2025
Permission expires: 23 May 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 21 Leweston Place London N16 6RJ

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 24 April 2025
Site notice end: 15 May 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13918546
Documents: 16
Constraints: 7

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

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18 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Bromley

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