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247-249 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, BR3 4RP

26/00521/NOTPrior approval Part 3 Class MA: Commercial, business and service uses to dwellinghousesApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 2 April 2026

Council decision: PRIOR APPROVAL IS REQUIRED AND GRANTEDDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

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

Proposal

Change of use of ground floor from Class E (Commercial, Business and Service) to Use Class C3 (Dwellinghouses) to form 2 no. 1 bed studio residential units 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
9 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Clock House
  1. Received9 Feb
  2. Validated9 Feb
  3. Consult.16 Mar
  4. Target23 Mar
  5. Decided2 Apr

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 247-249 BECKENHAM ROAD, BECKENHAM, BR3 4RP. Bromley has handled 2,558 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Bromley's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 102 applications across Clock House. We hold 1,243 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 4RP
Application type
Prior approval Part 3 Class MA: Commercial, business and service uses to dwellinghouses
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 February 2026
Consultation expiry
16 March 2026
Consultation end
16 March 2026
Target decision date
23 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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.

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. 2026
    27 May

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

    DECISION ISSUEDDischarge of conditions26/00521/CON
  2. 2026
    9 Feb

    Change of use of ground floor from Class E (Commercial, Business and Service) to Use Class C3…

    This applicationApprovedOutline26/00521/NOT

Source: Bromley

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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