72-74 High Street, Beckenham, BR3 1ED
Proposal
Erection of a full-width roof extension and insertion of two rooflights to the front roof slope in connection with the conversion of the existing loft space to provide two new self-contained residential units (C3). External metal staircase to rear elevation providing independent access to the newly converted flat within the extended loft space above 72–74 High Street, Beckenham, together with the extension of the existing exhaust cone
- Received
- 23 September 2025
- Decided
- 21 January 2026 · REFUSED
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Bromley
- Ward
- Beckenham Town & Copers Cope
- ReceivedSubmitted23 Sep
- ValidatedValidated26 Nov
- Consult.Consultation25 Dec
- TargetTarget Date10 Jan
- DecidedDecided21 Jan
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
This is a full planning application for an extension at 72-74 HIGH STREET, BECKENHAM, BR3 1ED. Bromley has handled 8,588 applications of this type and approves 76% of them, typically deciding them in 62 days. This one was decided in 120 days, 8 weeks longer than Bromley's median. The site is in the Beckenham Town Centre conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 150 applications across Beckenham Town & Copers Cope. We hold 1,201 applications in total for the BR3 postcode area.
Application Details
Applicant & Agent
Planning Application Dates
Planning Decision
Publicity
Appeal
Additional Information
Source: Bromley
Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Track this application
Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.
Get email alerts near BR3
New planning applications delivered to your inbox weekly.
Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Planning constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
- Conservation area: Beckenham Town Centre
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 2026-10-09. 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.
What's been approved on your street?
See what the council approved and refused near this address for the project you have in mind, and the rules that apply here.