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55 Albert Road, Penge, London, SE20 7JW

26/01454/HPAHouseholder planning permissionApproved
Householder

Approved

Council decision: GRANTEDDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Removal of existing garden room and replacement with a single-storey timber-clad u-Build garden room in the rear garden

Received
14 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Penge & Cator
  1. Received14 Apr
  2. Validated14 Apr
  3. Consult.11 May
  4. Target21 May
  5. Decided

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at 55 ALBERT ROAD, PENGE, LONDON, SE20 7JW. Bromley has handled 8,588 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 14 April 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Alexandra Cottages (Parish Lane) conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 124 applications across Penge & Cator. We hold 378 applications in total for the SE20 postcode area.

77% of full 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
SE20 7JW
Application type
Householder planning permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 April 2026
Consultation expiry
11 May 2026
Consultation end
11 May 2026

Planning decision

Decision
GRANTED
Statutory period
37 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14833095
Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Alexandra Cottages (Parish Lane), Penge
  • 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, 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.

Source: Bromley

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

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