Bromley Civic Centre Stockwell Close Bromley BR1 3UH

25/01755/CUETC3Class E to Use Class C3 - DwellinghouseRefused

Prior approval

Refused on 26 June 2025

Council decision: Refuse Prior ApprovalPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Change of use at Stockwell Building, Stockwell Close, Bromley, BR1 3UH from office (Use Class E) to dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to form 65 residential units, under Class MA, Part 3, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended) (56 days application for prior approval)

Received: 9 May 2025
Decision level: Planning committee
Council: London Borough of Bromley
Ward: Bromley Town

ReceivedReceived9 May
ValidatedValidated9 May
Consult.Consultation5 Jun
TargetTarget Date4 Jul
DecidedDecided26 Jun

Decided in 48 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Bromley Civic Centre Stockwell Close Bromley BR1 3UH. Bromley has handled 18,666 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than Bromley's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 169 applications across Bromley Town. We hold 2,801 applications in total for the BR1 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode: BR1 3UH
Application type: Class E to Use Class C3 - Dwellinghouse
Scale / size: Large
Number of dwellings: 65

Planning application dates

Date validated: 9 May 2025
Consultation expiry: 5 June 2025
Consultation start: 15 May 2025
Consultation end: 5 June 2025
Neighbour consultation start: 15 May 2025
Neighbour consultation end: 5 June 2025
Last date for comments: 5 June 2025
Target decision date: 4 July 2025
Committee meeting: 26 June 2025
Decision issued: 1 July 2025
Permission expires: 1 July 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent: Savills
Agent address: 33 Margaret Street London WG1 0JD

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Appeal history

6000822

Dismissed

Type: Planning AppealProcedure: HearingDecision: 2 February 2026Dev Type: Change of useReason: refused

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13625801
Documents: 74
Constraints: 13

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Listed building: Grade II: The Old PalaceOn this site · +1 more
Brownfield land register: Bromley Civic Centre, Stockwell Close, BR1 3UHRegister 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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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.

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Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Bromley

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