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26 Whitefoot Lane, Bromley, BR1 5SJ

DC/25/141624Lawful development: Proposed useApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 26 November 2025

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) submitted under Section 192 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) for confirmation that the use of the property as a 'Children's Home' (Use Class C2) does not constitute a material change of use from a residential dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) at 26 Whitefoot Lane, BR1.

Submitted
1 October 2025
  1. Received1 Oct
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided26 Nov

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 26 WHITEFOOT LANE, BROMLEY, BR1 5SJ. Lewisham has handled 182 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 154 applications across Catford South. We hold 2,801 applications in total for the BR1 postcode area.

87% of lawful development: proposed use applications at London Borough of Lewisham were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BR1 5SJ
Application type
Lawful development: Proposed use

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Small Houses in Multiple Occupation Article 4
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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

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© 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.

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Source: Lewisham

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