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175 Downham Way, Bromley, BR1 5EL

DC/25/142224Householder Prior ApprovalApproved
Householder

Approved on 22 December 2025

Council decision: Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for Prior Approval under Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A, Part (g) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended) for the construction of a single storey rear extension at a depth of 6.0m, an eaves height of 2.39m and a maximum height of 2.53m to 175 Downham Way BR1.

Received
21 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Downham
Agent
Hugh Morgan Architects
  1. Received21 Nov
  2. Validated24 Nov
  3. Consult.5 Jan
  4. Target5 Jan
  5. Decided22 Dec

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 175 DOWNHAM WAY, BROMLEY, BR1 5EL. Lewisham has handled 1,023 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 4 weeks quicker than Lewisham's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 70 applications across Downham. We hold 2,801 applications in total for the BR1 postcode area.

75% of outline 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 5EL
Application type
Householder Prior Approval
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Does NOT need to go to BCAP

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 November 2025
Neighbour consultation start
25 November 2025
Last date for comments
5 January 2026
Target decision date
5 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Hugh Morgan Architects
Agent address
4, Grafton House, Grove Street, London, SE8 3LP

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice start
26 November 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14329311
Comments
0
Documents
7
Constraints
3

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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Source: Lewisham

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