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97 Farwig Lane, Bromley, BR1 3RE

26/04308/NOTPrior approval Part 3 Class MA: Commercial, business and service uses to dwellinghousesAwaiting decision
Prior approval
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use of the upper floor from commercial retail storage (Use Class E) to residential (3 self-contained flats) (Use Class C3) under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) (56 day application for prior approval in respect of transport and highways, contamination, flooding, natural light to habitable rooms and noise impacts from commercial premises under Class MA).

Received
31 October 2026
Ward
Plaistow
  1. Received31 Oct
  2. Validated31 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 97 FARWIG LANE, BROMLEY, BR1 3RE. Bromley has handled 1 application of this type. It has been with the council since 31 October 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

80% of all 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
BR1 3RE
Application type
Prior approval Part 3 Class MA: Commercial, business and service uses to dwellinghouses
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 October 2026
Consultation expiry
25 November 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Louisa Bruce

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.

Source: Bromley

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

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