542 Downham Way, Bromley, BR1 5HP
Approved on 21 January 2026
Council decision: Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)
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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 5.5m, an eaves height of 2.99m and a maximum height of 3.0m to 542 Downham Way, BR1.
- Received
- 19 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Lewisham
- Ward
- Downham
- ReceivedReceived19 Dec
- ValidatedValidated19 Dec
- Consult.Consultation30 Jan
- TargetTarget Date30 Jan
- DecidedDecided21 Jan
Decided in 33 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 542 DOWNHAM WAY, BROMLEY, BR1 5HP. Lewisham has handled 1,023 applications of this type. This one was decided in 33 days, 3 weeks quicker than Lewisham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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 5HP
- Application type
- Householder Prior Approval
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 23 December 2025
- Last date for comments
- 30 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 30 January 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Subsatchi
- Agent address
- 157 Malden Road, New Malden, KT3 6AA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site constraints
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.
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Source: Lewisham
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